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Xref: sserve comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:9727 comp.os.linux.development:8896 comp.os.minix:23717 comp.os.mach:3793 comp.periphs:5471 comp.unix.bsd:13917 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:6236 comp.os.386bsd.development:2088 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:5189 Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.minix,comp.os.mach,comp.periphs,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!rnzll3!pe1chl!rob From: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen) Subject: Re: CD-ROM's do all read and write now? References: <2qdvvp$r@bmerha64.bnr.ca> <2qht16$msc@news.u.washington.edu> <hastyCpK21o.FAy@netcom.com> <CpKBFs.GvD@zeno.fit.edu> <2quq75$ft2@nic.smsu.edu> Organization: PE1CHL Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 08:56:16 GMT Message-ID: <1994May13.085616.20066@pe1chl.ampr.org> Reply-To: pe1chl@rabo.nl Lines: 27 In <2quq75$ft2@nic.smsu.edu> gdl297s@cnas.smsu.edu (Ledford George D) writes: >Brian Fritz/ ADVISOR Russell (MAE) (rme81977@zach.fit.edu) wrote: >: Can someone tell me if all CD drives read and write now? Which ones >: are the "top of the line"? >: Thanks >: -BRian >In a word, no. Only CD-ROM mastering drives can write, the rest still just >read. CD-ROM mastering drives still cost upwards of $2,500 for the drive >alone Indeed >and require CD-ROM mastering software. Doesn't all hardware require software? A plain read-only CD-ROM drive requires a driver and a filesystem as well. CD-ROM mastering software is available for Linux for free, so I don't think this is the problem... Rob -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Rob Janssen | AMPRnet: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org | | e-mail: pe1chl@rabo.nl | AX.25 BBS: PE1CHL@PI8UTR.#UTR.NLD.EU | -------------------------------------------------------------------------