Posted by Allan on 01/01/06 06:39

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 20:53:45 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs
<roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote:

> I figured you did.
>
> CAV is the visibly sectored, single frame per revolution Constant
>Angular Velocity disc. CLV is the WORM type session that gets slower
>and slower as the laser progresses to the outer edge of the disc in
>order to keep the bit rate the same, hence the name Constant Linear
>Velocity. Since the pits are all the same length.
>
> The older hard drives (different subject)actually had a poorer
>lineal density at the outer cylinders. CAV LDs do as well. They got
>rid of that with the advent of RLL platter formatting in the hard
>drives. LDs that are CAV still must have only one frame per
>revolution. Two fields.

Retard.






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