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Xref: sserve comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:9735 comp.os.linux.development:8904 comp.os.minix:23720 comp.os.mach:3797 comp.periphs:5475 comp.unix.bsd:13923 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:6241 comp.os.386bsd.development:2092 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:5195 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!slammer!knex!gess From: Gess Shankar <gess@knex.mind.org> 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 Subject: Re: CD-ROM's do all read and write now? Message-ID: <940510.182346.6p8.rusnews.w165w@knex.mind.org> Date: Tue, 10 May 1994 18:23:46 EST References: <2qht16$msc@news.u.washington.edu> <hastyCpK21o.FAy@netcom.com> <CpKBFs.GvD@zeno.fit.edu> Reply-To: gess@knex.mind.org (Gess Shankar) Organization: |<><>| Knowledge Exchange, GA, USA |<><>| X-Newsreader: rusnews v1.06 Lines: 28 rme81977@zach.fit.edu (Brian Fritz/ ADVISOR Russell (MAE)) writes: > Can someone tell me if all CD drives read and write now? Which ones > are the "top of the line"? > Thanks > -BRian All CD-ROM drives only READ. Hence the ROM moniker. CD-Recordables are available, however. You use a recordable media (same form factor as a CD-ROM) and premastered images can then be written (say in ISO-9660 format) to the CD-R media. This can be read by all CD-ROM drives. While prices for CD-R recorders are coming down (Quad speed Yamaha around $4000 e.g.), it is not a piece of equipment that you use for reading and writing as in a WORM or hard disk. While they are good for writing, you need to prestage everything and write a whole track at-once. And the READ performance is abominable. Archiving and producing CD-ROM masters/small production runs are primary applications. I have not seen any support from any premastering software vendors for OS/2. I am working on one. GeSS -- Gess Shankar |<><>| Internet: gess@knex.mind.ORG |<><>| CDPub List Admin. |<><>| uucp : ..!emory!uumind!knex!gess |<><>| What's CDPub List?|<><>| Send email to: cdpub-info@knex.mind.org |<><>|