CalDigital Announces World's First 8x Write Speed CD Recorder.HUNTINGTON BEACH Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 1997--CalDigital , a manufacturer and developer of high speed CDR (1) See CD-R and extension. (2) (Call Detail Reporting) See call accounting. (3) (Common Data Rate) A standard sampling rate for digital video for 480i and 576i systems. The rate is 13.5 MHz. See ITU-R BT. drives, duplication systems, and related products, Thursday announced breakthrough 8x write / 20x read speed CDR technology. The new products, based upon CalDigital's CAL CDR820, are being developed in conjunction with drive and component manufacturers and will be available around year's end in a number of configurations. The CAL CDR820 features a data transfer rate of 3000Kb/sec, a 2MB data cache buffer, and a SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. II interface. The CDR820 line of products will be offered through CalDigital's commercial and government distributors and by various government contract holders. CalDigital will integrate the CAL CDR820 into duplication and network server systems ranging in capacity from 4 to 28 drives on-line. CalDigital is currently shipping the CAL CDR4x12, the world's fastest available CDR drive. The CDR4x12 is available in PC, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , and Mac versions and comes bundled with a Webgrabber that enables downloading of Web sites and the ability to view them off-line. CalDigital's products are ideal for storing images, audio, databases and all types of data in a universal CD format that can be read by any CD-ROM drive A device that holds and reads CD-ROM discs. CD-ROM drives generally also play audio CD discs by sending analog sound to the sound card via a 4-pin cable. For specifications of 10x, 20x, etc. drives, see CD-ROM drives. See CD-ROM, CD-ROM changer, CD-ROM server and CD-ROM audio cable. . Now, with new high data transfer rates, CalDigital's products can also be used for digital video applications. CalDigital's 4x12 products are available through a number of commercial distributors including Optical Laser of Huntington Beach, and are available via a number of government distributors and contract holders including Edge Systems in Alexandria and Sun Federal Systems in Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. . CalDigital, located in Huntington Beach, offers a variety of product solutions for individuals, corporations and governments that enhance and combine technologies in ways that make life easier. CalDigital's product line includes a range of CDR drives and CD duplication Creating CDs and CD-ROMs by writing blank CD-R discs in a CD-R drive on a personal computer or by using a CD duplicator. Contrast with CD replication. See CD duplicator. systems and network CD servers. For more information call CalDigital at 888/999-8933 or visit the company's Web site at www.caldigital.net . CONTACT: CalDigital, Huntington Beach 888/999-8933 |
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