The CDW4260TXPM is the answer to your data storage, back-up and transfer needs. No other storage medium is so cost-effective. No other medium can be read by 200 million computers world wide. And no other medium lets you record music and play it back on your stereo or in your car. Yamaha makes the CD-RW drives that everyone else is compared to because of quality, features, price and software.

BUFFER
The generous 2 MB buffer filely eliminates buffer underrun, saving you time and wasted media.

RAPIDLINKED™ PACKET WRITING
Add files to a CD one at a time with drag and drop, floppy-disk-like ease.

FLASH-ROM
Update your CD-RW drive operating system quickly and easily.

TRAY LOADING
No caddy required.

6X READ SPEED
This CD-RW can easily replace your current CD-ROM drive.

REWRITEABLE
The ultimate data storage solution, the CRW4260TXPM is a "multi-media function" or 3-in-1 drive. Use it with CDR (write once) media, CD-RW (rewriteable) media, or as a CD-ROM drive. Choose CD-R media for archiving and distribution of data. Or pick CD-RW media for back-up.

MUSIC
Do you have recordings never released on CD? Enjoy that music again by compiling your favorite songs and creating an audio CD*. Or record your own original music to CD (* some recorded formats require software available separately).

IMAGES
Photographs are notorious memory hogs; one PhotoCD scan can take up to 72MB without blinking an eye. Save your images on CD and free your disc space for other files.

BACKUP/ARCHIVE
For just pennies per megabyte you can back-up to CD-R. It's the least expensive way to save critical information. And, unlike other backup media, with CD-R you have instant access to your data.

DISTRIBUTE/TRANSFER
Send multimedia presentations and catalogs (with high-resolution images and CD-quality sound) to anyone. Move up to 650 MB of data to your field sales force or send big graphics files to a service bureau. With CD-R you don't need to worry about media compatibility; there are nearly 200 million CD-ROM drives in use throughout the world.

ADAPTEC® EASY CD CREATOR™ PC (RETAIL PACKAGE - USA VERSION ONLY)
Copy music or data and record to filely any CD format. Backup important files using the ease "Explorer" interface or compile your favorite music from your own LPs, cassettes and other sources (requires a soundcard). This software supports data, audio, mixed mode, video CD and CD Extra formats.

ADAPTEC DIRECT CD™ PC (RETAIL PACKAGE - USA VERSION ONLY)
The PC software that makes Yamaha CD-RW as easy to use as a hard disk. Drag and drop files, rename files, delete files and create new directories right on a CDs-R or CD-RW disc. You can even save files from your word processor, spreadsheet or other application directly to CD.

ADAPTEC TOAST™ MACINTOSH
The most acclaimed CD-R software for the Macintosh comes with the Yamaha CRW4260TXPM. Toast combines the power of multiple formats with Macintosh ease and the ability to create cross-platform CDs (so those on a PC can read the discs you create).

REQUIREMENTS

IBM PC and COMPATIBLES
• Fast hard disk - average access time less than 19 ms, and a transfer rate of 700KB/sec. or better;
• Included software requires Windows '95 or Windows NT 4.x;
• The external drives are compatible with any operating system that supports SCSI devices.
• The PC must be equipped with a SCSI card (also known as a SCSI Adapter or Host Adapter).
• SCSI cards from the following manufacturers are known to function properly with this drive: AdvanSys, Adaptec, BusLogic, Q-Logic, NCR.

MACINTOSH
• Fast hard drive (average access time less than 19 ms, transfer rate 700KB/sec or better).
• The CRW4260TXPM requires a SCSI cable with a SCSI2M (HD50M) connector on one end and a DM25 or Centraonics 50 or, for Powerbooks, an HDI30 connector on the other end. (Check your computer or external SCSI peripherals to see which connector you require)

ACCLAIM
• Yamaha CD recorders have received rave rewiews since they were introduced. Awards include: New Media Magazine 'Hyper Award' and' Awesome' rating, Imaging Magazine 'Product of the Year', CD-ROM Magazine 'Technology of the Year', PC Computing 'Best 4-Star', Boot Magazine 'Kick Ass' award as "the best CD-R drive we have ever used."

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