METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE MAXIMUM SPEEDS OF AT LEAST ONE COMPUTER BEFORE WRITING DATA ONTO AN OPTICAL DATA MEMORY BY MEANS OF A PERIPHERAL DEVICE

摘要

The invention relates to a method and devices for determining the maximum speed of at least one computer before writing data onto an optical data memory by means of a peripheral device . The invention is characterised in that the maximum speeds of at least one computer is determined before writing data onto an optical data memory by means of a peripheral device. The maximum data transfer rate of the bus is determined by measuring the duration of at least one interrogation command during mitialisation of the software for the peripheral device by the computer. Said duration acts as an indication of the writing speed resulting thereof for the peripheral device which is connected to said bus. Said maximum writing speed can be manually adjusted and /or is automatically adjusted in a second associated device.