CD-ROM speed question

[computerpain]

Howdy,
Sorry, but I could not find this info on the internet. How many kbits/sec does a 4x cdrom read data at? Also... to convert to 8x I would just multiply that kbits/sec by two?

Thanks,
computerpain

 

[norton850]

A 1X CDROM drive read at about 150 Kbytes/sec. Everything is just a multiple of that. So 4X is 600KBps and 8X 1200 KBps.

 

[computerpain]

thanks a million for your response. I will use this knowledge for the better good of all mankind