Philips PCA82CR - Manual (Page 14)

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Congratulations! You have just made a very important
upgrade for your PC. By installing the PHILIPS 8X or
10X CD-ROM drive into your IBM PC/compatible, you can
now take advantage of the vast host of multimedia
software available today at a higher performance than
ever. Whether you are interested in the Encyclopedia
Britanica, educational games, using your computer as a
digital music studio or composing a business
presentation with sound, graphics and animation, your
new CD-ROM drive will be the tool to efficiently and
effectively get all that information into your
computer.
1.1 Features
This CD-ROM drive has the following key features:
IDE/ATAPI interface
Access time at 145 ms for PCA102CD and 155 ms for
PCA82CR
Data transfer rate at 1,500 KB/sec for PCA102CD
and 1,200 KB/sec for PCA82CR
Built in 128 KB buffer
Motorized tray for loading and unloading CDs
Standard size: fits into a standard 5.25 inch
half-height PC disk drive bay
Emergency eject for manual disc ejection
Automatic power-saving feature
Compatibility with the following disc formats:
Audio-CD, Video-CD, CD-ROM/XA, CD-i/FMV (CD-i
movies), Karaoke-CD, CD Plus and Photo-CD (both
single and multi-session)
INTRODUCTION
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