TANDEM <TDM> HAS OPTICAL DISK SUBSYSTEM
Tandem Computers Inc said it has
introduced an 84-gigabyte write-once, read-many-times optical
disk library subsystem called the 5200 Optical Storage Facility
for use with Tandem NonStop computer systems VLX, TXP, NonStop
II, EXT25 and EXT10.
    The company said the facility contains two read/write disk
drives, a formatter and an automatic changer for up to 32 disk
cartridges, each holding 2.62 gigabytes of data.  It said the
52oo provides an average access time of 250 milliseconds for
data on an optical disk cartridge already mouinted and 17
seconds when a cartridge must be changed.
    Tandem said deliveries will start this quarter.  It said
the 5200 is priced at 155,000 dlrs.
    It said the software initial license fee is 5,300 dlrs and
the monthly license fee is 100 dlrs with the NonStop VLX, TXP,
NonStop II and EXT25 systems and the fees are 2,650 dlrs and 50
dlrs respectively with the EXT10 system.
 Reuter
