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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 1995 Toshiba Quad-Speed ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM Drives Available To OEMs and Resellers
IRVINE, November 13, 1995 -- Toshiba America Information Systems,
Inc., Disk Products Division (TAIS DPD), announced today that its new
XM-5401 Series CD-ROM drives are available to OEMs and resellers.
The new XM-5401 Series quad-speed drives feature a fast 150ms random
seek and 600KB/sec. sustained transfer rate. The drives come
standard with SCSI interfaces.
"The XM-5401 Series drives, which maintain Toshiba’s standards
for high quality and high reliability, represent exceptional
values for OEMs and resellers," said Jerry Higgins, vice president
CD-ROM marketing, TAIS DPD.
The XM-5401 Series drives employ Toshiba’s variable speed playback
system that allows the drives to read data before the disk reaches
a specific rotational speed of 1, 2 or 4 times standard rotational
speeds, thereby significantly improving drive access times.
These drives feature Toshiba’s digital servo control that offers
greater precision in tracking and head positioning. The digital
servo control feature combined with the new variable speed playback
system optimizes the XM-5401 drives’ performance.
In addition to supporting quad-speed applications, the XM-5401
Series drives support 1X and 2X applications. The drives are fully
MPC-2 compliant, and support Kodak multi-session Photo CD and CD
Plus, red book, yellow book, CD-ROM XA, CD-Bridge, CD-I and CD-I Ready.
Like all Toshiba CD-ROM drives, the XM-5401 Series drives were
built to provide high reliability -- the drives boast an 80,000
hour MTBF. For user convenience, the drives were designed with
tray-loading mechanisms. A media removal prevention function ensures
that CDs cannot be ejected during read operations. An emergency eject
button is also standard on both drives.
The new XM-5401B is an internal drive that measures only 1.6(h) x
5.7(w) x 7.5(d) inches and weighs only 1.98 pounds. The XM-5401D
is an external drive that measures only 1.7(h) x 5.9(w) x 9.78(d)
inches and weighs 2.95 pounds.
Suggested list prices for the XM-5401B id $150 and for the XM-5401D
is $235 respectively. Both drives are available now.
Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TAIS is comprised of seven divisions
which manufacture and market a wide range of business and
information-oriented products in the United States. Products include
portable computers, disk drives, CD-ROM drives, plain paper copiers,
facsimile systems, digital key telephones and PBX systems, voice
mail systems and toner products.
TAIS is an independent operating company, owned by Toshiba America
Inc., a subsidiary of the $53.8 billion Toshiba Corp., the second
largest computer and office equipment manufacturer and the world’s
20th largest corporation in terms of sales. Toshiba Corp. is a
world leader in high technology products with 134 major consolidated
subsidiaries worldwide.
The TAIS Disk Products Division markets a wide range of industry-standard
Winchester and CD-ROM disk drives in the United States. For
additional product information, contact Toshiba America Information
Systems, Inc., Disk Products Division, 9740 Irvine Blvd., Irvine, CA
92618; telephone (714) 457-0777, or on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.toshiba.com/taisdpd/.
Photos available upon request.
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