Abstract

Erasable optical disk drive products finally became reality in 1988. 5 1/4" erasable optical drives were introduced and limited production quantities were shipped by Maxtor Corp., Sony Corp., and Canon, Inc. The media suppliers for these drives include Philips and DuPont Optical Co., Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd., Sony Corp., Canon, Inc., and 3M Corp. The user capacity of the erasable disks used on these drives range from a single sided 256 MByte capacity to a double sided, 1 GByte capacity.

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