From: "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbac...@gmx.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 09:15:04 +0100
> Ouch. That's a "Combo" drive which can write only CD-R and CD-RW.
> With DVD media it can only do reading.
...
> That would be the job of an older project of mine:
> http://scdbackup.sourceforge.net/main_eng.html
> http://scdbackup.sourceforge.net/scdbackup-0.9.2.tar.gz
>
> Installation and configuration are some work:
> http://scdbackup.sourceforge.net/examples.html#configure
...
> (Back in 1999 a 650 MB CD-R was a respectable backup medium, competing
> with 500 MB QIC tapes and 1.2 GB DDS tapes.
> Nowadays i use them only for small backups and for software delivery.
> My bread-and-butter backup media are now "25 GB" BD-RE media. They are
> not much more expensive than DVD+RW. Only the prices of burner drives
> are significantly higher for BD than for DVD.)
My conclusion: invest in more recent hardware.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_recordable#Pricing
Backing data in a 4 or 16 GB SD card is a modest requirement.
PC Galore might have a drive in stock. http://www.pcgalore.com/
Tips to select a drive welcome.
Thanks, ... P.
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