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Atari JaguarCD Technical Specifications

Speed Double Speed (2X) CD-ROM

Physical Dimensions 6.5" x 10.5" x 3.5" 1 lb 10 oz

Storage Capacity 790 MB

Data Transfer Rate 352.8 KB/second sustained data transfer rate Up to 50 frames per second (fps)

Other Features:

In-line cartridge slot to support cartridge games
Plays standard audio CD's & CD+G disks
Full-screen, true-color, full-motion video at 24fps (Cinepak technology)
Built-in VLM (see below)

Virtual Light Machine (VLM)

VLM brings your music to life - in a brilliant sense-scorching light show experience!
Pop in a music CD, sit back and watch as 65,000 colors warp, contort and distort to every beat, octave and power chord.
81 built-in effects (9 banks of 9 effects each)
Banks 1-8 are audioreactive, bank 9 is user driven
Many effects support user interaction at the same time as being audioreactive
Programmable via a built-in editor (see Hacking the VLM courtesy of Jeff Minter (the YaK, who happens to be responsible for the VLM!)

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