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VAIO Digital Studio Reference Manual
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System BIOS
Data on a DVD-ROM is read at a variable transfer rate, ranging from 6.6X at the innermost track to 16X at
the outermost track (the data transfer standard 1X rate is 1385 kbytes/s). The average data transfer rate is
11.3X (15,255 kbytes/s). Data on a CD-ROM is read at a variable transfer rate, ranging from 17.2X at the
innermost track to 40X at the outermost track (the data transfer standard 1X rate is 150 kbytes/s). The
average data transfer rate is 28.6X (4293 kbytes/s).
CD-RW writing speed may vary, depending on the media. The maximum writing speed of the CD-R is 8X
(1X = 150 kbytes/s) and 4x for the CD-RW. The maximum reading speed of the CD-ROM is 32X, and 20X
for the CD-RW.
Make and model Award-based
ROM 2Mbit flash-ROM
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* Flash-ROM update utility is available from Sonys web site at http://www.sony.com/pcsupport.
Passwords User and supervisor passwords supported
Power management APM 1.2
Advanced features ACPI-1.0 compliant hardware for use with APM and
PNP BIOS APIs
Plug and Play devices Supported with steerable DMA channels and
interrupts
Special features PC-99 compliant, multi-boot, PCI add-in card auto-
configure
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