Hitachi PS-12

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The Hitachi PS-12 is an optical disc drives (ODD) device produced by Hitachi, now a part of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST), a subsidiary of Western Digital Corporation. Launched in 1989, the PS-12 was one of the earliest commercially available CD-ROM drives that followed the Yellow Book standard for reading CD-ROMs. It had a read-only capacity of 520 kilobytes per second (kbps) and alternatively, a read-write capacity of up to 300 kbps through the use of a proprietary Fast-Write System VI chip. The PS-12 was also known for its innovative stepper motor mechanism, featuring a dual head design and a unique Mounting System for Fixed Disks (MSFD) to manage disk mountings.- A. S. Wilson. The Hitachi PS-12 1x CD-ROM Drive: Never Quick Enough. Retrospective Volume 2003, № 2, April 2003- Hitachi PS-12. RetroCDROM.com. Retrieved 17 January 2018.- Alig, Ralph, Pedersen, Tom, and Galusha, Tom V. CD-ROM: The Complete Reference. CMP Books, Integrated Systems, 1993. ISBN 1-56271-110-4.