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julie_m · 5th Jul 2019, 9:56 pm

If read-only CD-ROM drives had not become as ubiquitous as they did, popularised by the emergence of IDE CD-ROM drives bundled with sound cards having a matching interface on board, then Magneto-Optical drives might have stood a chance in the market. But then the first recordable CD drives came out, and the game changed suddenly. The "read anywhere"-ness of CDs won out over the higher capacity of the MO discs, and the advent of IDE CD recorders -- obviating the need for an expensive SCSI card -- was the final nail in the coffin, especially once motherboards began sporting sound chips and a secondary IDE interface.

5th Jul 2019, 9:56 pm	#12
julie_m Dekatron Join Date: May 2008 Location: Derby, UK. Posts: 7,735	Re: The best data storage system that never took off. If read-only CD-ROM drives had not become as ubiquitous as they did, popularised by the emergence of IDE CD-ROM drives bundled with sound cards having a matching interface on board, then Magneto-Optical drives might have stood a chance in the market. But then the first recordable CD drives came out, and the game changed suddenly. The "read anywhere"-ness of CDs won out over the higher capacity of the MO discs, and the advent of IDE CD recorders -- obviating the need for an expensive SCSI card -- was the final nail in the coffin, especially once motherboards began sporting sound chips and a secondary IDE interface. __________________ If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on a pile of failed experiments.