I did the math, and I can see why there were never any DVD-ROMs for 68k systems. The external SCSI interface for systems that can't support SCSI Manager 4.3, going flat out, can only provide 500 kB/s, which is less than 40% of the speed needed to read a DVD-ROM at 1x speeds (DVD 1x = 1.3 MB/s). It will be interesting to see if a DVD-ROM can be read at data rates lower than 1x... I wonder if I can cache enough into memory to prevent a read under-run...
Post #15 by Paralel
| Source Forum | Powerbook 500 & External SCSI DVD-ROM on System 7.1.x? — #15 |
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| Category | OS 8 |
| Post Date | Wed, 16 Oct 2013 - 18:54 |
| Original URL | https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/powerbook-500-amp-external-scsi-dvd-rom-on-system-7-1-x.29050/ |
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