Re: CD-RW recommendations

2001-04-17 Thread Nate Duehr
I don't know if this helps, but I just purchased a TDK IDE CD-RW that runs nicely at 16x. It does not support power level checking that cdrdao wants, so I have to use --force. Other than that, it's burnt some 125 CD-R's in the last three weeks, and seems to work perfectly. On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 a

Re: CD-RW recommendations

2001-04-16 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 10:39:13AM -0400, Rob Mahurin wrote: > However, it only writes at 4x, and I don't do CD-to-CD or pipe mkisofs > to cdrecord, either. But buffer underruns are, in my opinion, > definitely overrated. Agreed. You can always nice cdrecord to make sure its priority and do not

Re: CD-RW recommendations

2001-04-16 Thread Osamu Aoki
Get IDE chepo unless this is work machine. (If so, get scsi) So answer is (These days, all ide work with Linux with minimum work.) > $100 (after rebates) > Acer 12x8x32 Internal CD-RW , part number in ad: CRW1208A Hey good price. I bet only few company makes unit but sold under different bra

Re: CD-RW recommendations

2001-04-14 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 10:48:27PM -0400, Shawn D'Alimonte wrote: > On Friday 13 April 2001 22:23, D-Man wrote: > > I think my desktop qualifies as "cheap" ($, I only paid ~$400) > > because I bought some parts and kept some others. It is a Duron 750 > > with 128MB RAM. If I get that drive I will

Re: CD-RW recommendations

2001-04-14 Thread Robert Voigt
> $200 > Iomega 4x4x6 USB CD-RW , part number in ad: 31475 Take the iomega, it doesn't have those stupid rebates attached to it. When I came to the US I was amazed how people jump like a dog when the marketing manager says "hops, here's a rebate". Fortunately this kind of sales practice is n

RE: CD-RW recommendations

2001-04-13 Thread Rick Commo
debian.org Subject: CD-RW recommendations I just saw an ad for a local store in the paper. They have 3 CD-RW drives on sale. What do people think of them? $100 (after rebates) Acer 12x8x32 Internal CD-RW , part number in ad: CRW1208A $200 Iomega 4x4x6 USB CD-RW , part number in ad: 31475 $

Re: CD-RW recommendations

2001-04-13 Thread Shawn D'Alimonte
On Friday 13 April 2001 22:23, D-Man wrote: > I think my desktop qualifies as "cheap" ($, I only paid ~$400) > because I bought some parts and kept some others. It is a Duron 750 > with 128MB RAM. If I get that drive I will get the free memory and > have 256MB! I forgot to mention that the Yamah

Re: CD-RW recommendations

2001-04-13 Thread D-Man
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 08:30:46AM +0800, csj wrote: | On Saturday 14 April 2001 06:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | > > $250 | > > Yamaha 16x10x40 CD-RW , part number in ad: CRW2100EZ | > > If I get the Yamaha, I can get 128MB PC13 RAM for free (after | > > rebates) | > | > If this Yamah

Re: CD-RW recommendations

2001-04-13 Thread csj
On Saturday 14 April 2001 06:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > $250 > > Yamaha 16x10x40 CD-RW , part number in ad: CRW2100EZ > > If I get the Yamaha, I can get 128MB PC13 RAM for free (after > > rebates) > > If this Yamaha one is SCSI then go for it. I have the CDRW8824SZ > (8/8/24) and

Re: CD-RW recommendations

2001-04-13 Thread iehrenwald
> $250 > Yamaha 16x10x40 CD-RW , part number in ad: CRW2100EZ > If I get the Yamaha, I can get 128MB PC13 RAM for free (after > rebates) If this Yamaha one is SCSI then go for it. I have the CDRW8824SZ (8/8/24) and it works fine. I don't like IDE at all except for cheap desktops so

CD-RW recommendations

2001-04-13 Thread D-Man
I just saw an ad for a local store in the paper. They have 3 CD-RW drives on sale. What do people think of them? $100 (after rebates) Acer 12x8x32 Internal CD-RW , part number in ad: CRW1208A $200 Iomega 4x4x6 USB CD-RW , part number in ad: 31475 $250 Yamaha 16x10x40 CD-RW , part nu