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From: dpease@qualcomm.com (David Pease)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Pioneer Quadraspin 18 Dis
Date: 16 Feb 1994 22:05:42 GMT
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>J >        Pioneer Quadraspin (tm) minichangers
>J >        Sustained data transfer speed of 614Kb/sec!
>J >        4 times the speed of standard CD-ROM drives!
>J >* 614Kb/sec. Data Transfer Rate-Quad speed!

Yeah, it looks nice, but I've been hearing that this unit has a pedestrian access
time and it's cache is right out of the Stone Age.

Anybody out there own one?  Is it as hot as advertised?

Dave