Path: utzoo!dciem!king
From: king@dciem.UUCP (Stephen King)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: WORM drives as animation output devices
Message-ID: <2576@dciem.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 87 13:14:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: dciem.2576
Posted: Wed Dec  9 08:14:01 1987
References: <17231@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Reply-To: king@dciem.UUCP (Stephen King)
Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada
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Keywords: videodisk animation single-frame recording
Summary: 

In article <17231@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> jbn@glacier.UUCP writes:
>
>     Anyone trying to use a WORM drive as a buffering medium for the creation
>of video one frame at a time?  

A WORM drive designed for data probably uses SCSI interface. Not enough
bandwidth for moving video images. Teac makes a laser video WORM system
that will do the job, but the price is somewhat prohibitive for most
people ( >$20,000 for the recorder, >$100 each disc (Canadian dollars)).
The discs from the Teac system are not playable on anyone elses equipment.
McDonnell-Douglas builds a write-once laser FILM recorder which uses a
photographic medium. This is a transmission system, instead of reflection,
and the discs are floppy. Again, the price is high, although the media
should be cheaper, and it's not compatible with anything else.  ...sjk

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