Toshiba SD-M1212 Product Specification - Page 7

1. Introduction This document describes TOSHIBA's SD-M1212 DVD-ROM Drive. This drive supports DVD CSS (Contents Scramble Systems) Disc. This drive reads digital data stored on CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and CD audio discs. DVD-ROM disc spec (DVD-ROM Book) defines 120 mm and 80 mm in diameter, single and dual layers as recording layer structure and single and double sides as recording side. Maximum storage capacities are 4.38 GBytes and 15.9 GBytes for single layer/single side and dual layer/double side respectively. (1 GByte=230 Bytes) Due to these high capacity and high data transfer rate of 1352 KBytes/sec, DVD-ROM discs are capable to store high quality and long duration MPEG-2 moving picture data. (1 KByte=210 Byte) This drive reads digital data stored on DVD-ROM discs at maximum 6 times faster rotaional speed. This drive reads digital data stored on CD-ROM discs at maximun 32 times faster rotational speed. This drive is a new generation drive with highest performance such as 110 ms(DVD)/85 ms(CD) Access Time. This drive offers long life and durability because the disc is read by a LASER, thereby eliminating physical contact with the disc. This drive supports SFF-8020i of ATAPI (ATA Packet Interface ) spec. and SFF-8090 Ver.2 (Fuji2) of DVD Commands. This drive shows a highest performance such as100,000 hour MTBF. This drive can be used in a vertical position or horizontal position. This drive adopts RPC-II for its "Standard Specification Model". Refer to the precation of the next page for the RPC-II. 1/28 SD-M1212 Rev.1.0