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by **Julian Borda** » Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:13:28

Hello
I'm looking at buying a CDR/RW and have narrowed it down to three
options

Creative 32 8 4
LG 32 8 4
* 32 8 4

Any comments or suggestions on these models?

TIA

Julian

by **Stanislaw Flatt** » Fri, 15 Jun 2001 20:54:20

Just a comment:
You want them to perform fast, then get SCSI.
BTW who are the manufacturers of those units, not distributors?

Stanislaw.
Slack user from Ulladulla.

> Hello
> I'm looking at buying a CDR/RW and have narrowed it down to three
> options

> Creative 32 8 4
> LG 32 8 4
> * 32 8 4

> Any comments or suggestions on these models?

> TIA

> Julian

by **dbian..** » Fri, 15 Jun 2001 20:59:09

> BTW who are the manufacturers of those units, not distributors?

AFAIK Creative and LG are Mitsumi and * should be Matsushita.

Davide

by **Bill Unr** » Sat, 16 Jun 2001 00:37:13

Quote:>Hello
> I'm looking at buying a CDR/RW and have narrowed it down to three
>options
>Creative 32 8 4
>LG 32 8 4

Do not buy LG. They do not work properly with cdrecord, the main cd writing
software out there on Linux. I do not know whether this is a problem with the drive
( which claims mmc compliance) or with cdrecord ( which claims to work on all mmc
compliant systems) Neither LG not Shilling have been very helpful on this (LG-- We
do not supposrt Linux except for reading. We will not give you any information
about the drive. Shilling-- It works on my LG drive but I have received other
complaints that it does not work on theirs). If you have already made the mistake
of buying one, It will work using the Disk At Once option but NOT the track at
once. It will also at times produce disks where the tracks are entered improperly
so that any player cannot find the track starts (although the player will play them
one after the other). I have not been able (not willing to ruin enough CDs) to
figure out exactly the circumstances in which cdrecord ( or rather xcdroast) messes
up.
So, do not by LG, and return the one you have if you have already bought it.

Quote:>* 32 8 4
>Any comments or suggestions on these models?
>TIA
>Julian

by **Julian Borda** » Sat, 16 Jun 2001 09:04:46

> Just a comment:
> You want them to perform fast, then get SCSI.
> BTW who are the manufacturers of those units, not distributors?

I'm in a situation where money is more of a factor than speed. :-(
I have the time but not lots of $'s

Julian

by **Stanislaw Flatt** » Sat, 16 Jun 2001 09:43:44

> > Just a comment:
> > You want them to perform fast, then get SCSI.
> > BTW who are the manufacturers of those units, not distributors?

> I'm in a situation where money is more of a factor than speed. :-(
> I have the time but not lots of $'s

So get SCSI 8x2x2 and you won't regret it.
Just my opinion.
NB writing from hard disk to CD writer on the same IDE interface creates
traffic jams, caveat emptor!

Stanislaw.

Quote:
> Julian

by **Julian Borda** » Sat, 16 Jun 2001 21:06:05

> So get SCSI 8x2x2 and you won't regret it.
> Just my opinion.
> NB writing from hard disk to CD writer on the same IDE interface creates
> traffic jams, caveat emptor!

> Stanislaw.

The HD is on a different interface to the CDR. Do you know of any
suppliers of SCSI CDR/RW ?

BTW Wheere is Ulla Dulla?

Julian

by **Robert Davie** » Sat, 16 Jun 2001 22:32:53

>> > Just a comment:
>> > You want them to perform fast, then get SCSI.
>> > BTW who are the manufacturers of those units, not distributors?

>> I'm in a situation where money is more of a factor than speed. :-(
>> I have the time but not lots of $'s

> So get SCSI 8x2x2 and you won't regret it.
> Just my opinion.
> NB writing from hard disk to CD writer on the same IDE interface creates
> traffic jams, caveat emptor!

I have a Ricoh IDE burner 10x 12x 32x with 8x DVD, you _do_ not need to go
to teh extra expense of SCSI anymore.

What you do is make sure you have UDMA mode 2 enabled for the drive, most
boards sold in the last few years, can do UDMA. Some report having CD-ROM
on different IDE cable to disk drive fixes any problems. With ATA-33, 66
and 100 udma mode 2 and up, there should be enough bandwidth to burn even
at 12x without problems.

Many folk use the ide-scsi emulation with CD-burners successfully, the
extra for SCSI is a waste of money, unless you have cable lenght problems,
or very many disks and devices in the machine.

Rob

by **Stanislaw Flatt** » Sun, 17 Jun 2001 12:03:58

> The HD is on a different interface to the CDR. Do you know of any
> suppliers of SCSI CDR/RW ?

In my box sits a Matsushita SCSI drive, Teak, Sony and others have them too.

Quote:> BTW Wheere is Ulla Dulla?

It is Ulladulla, just 260k south of Sydney and 700k north of Melbourne.
Good fish and chips.

Quote:
> Julian

Stanislaw.

by **Stanislaw Flatt** » Sun, 17 Jun 2001 12:08:02

> The HD is on a different interface to the CDR. Do you know of any
> suppliers of SCSI CDR/RW ?

Me again.
Chance on aus.ads.computers.new. Suppliers of everything.
Used them few times.

Quote:> Julian

Stanislaw.

by **Stanislaw Flatt** » Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:13:23

It is aus.ads.forsale.computers.new

> > The HD is on a different interface to the CDR. Do you know of any
> > suppliers of SCSI CDR/RW ?

> Me again.
> Chance on aus.ads.computers.new. Suppliers of everything.
> Used them few times.

> > Julian

> Stanislaw.

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