The Deltis 230 MO Docking Turbo is an expansion dock that was produced by Olympus Corporation for Pippin consoles.[1]
Hardware[]
The dock features an Olympus MOS330E TURBO III drive with the ability to read and write to 128MB or 230MB magneto-optical (MO) disks.[2][3] Disks are read at 4,200 RPM with a continuous data rate of up to 5.3MB per second, aided by an efficient caching algorithm.[1] The drive is connected to the Pippin console's X-PCI expansion slot through a small adapter board containing a Symbios Logic 53C810 SCSI controller.[4] Early Pippin Atmark consoles need a ROM update to revision 1.2 or later to use this dock.[5]
Release[]
The Deltis 230 MO Docking Turbo was first announced by Olympus on September 24, 1996.[2] It was released in Japan on November 15, 1996 with a list price of JP¥ 54,800.[1] However, not all Pippin titles, notably Internet Kit (even version 2.0), support the dock's MO drive; saving internet downloads to floppy disks with the Pippin Atmark Floppy Unit was recommended instead.[6]
Gallery[]
(ユーザーズガイド)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Deltis 230 MO Docking Turbo (Japanese, ISO 2022-JP), Olympus. Archived 1997-06-22
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Olympus Announces MO Drive for Pippin Atmark (Japanese), PC Watch. 1996-09-24.
- ↑ ベアドライブ MOS330E / 331E (Japanese, ISO 2022-JP), Olympus. Archived 1997-06-22
- ↑ MOドック (Japanese) by MAISON PiPPiN, GeoCities. Archived 2002-11-24.
- ↑ An MO reader in the Pippin (French) by Pierre Dandumont, Le journal du Lapin. 2016-11-26.
- ↑ Freeware For Pippin (Japanese), Maki Enterprise. 1996-12-04. Archived 1997-04-21.
See also[]
External links[]
- 光磁気ディスクドライブ (Japanese) at Olympus (archived 1997-01-15)
- Pippin MO Special by Ashima (archived 2001-01-19)
