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Re: CD-R or CD-RW - which to buy

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From: Woody
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 00:00
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In article <371443a7.3703200@news.demon.co.uk>, Derek James <djames@xxxd
raigxxx.demon.co.uk> writes
>On Thu, 8 Apr 1999 22:32:21 +0100, Woody <woody@tangon.demon.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>One question: *why* the push push push for SCSI?  I know SCSI is
>
>I've had considerable success with a Philips CDD3610 CDRW IDE drive.
>There's a newer version out now which hopefully should be even better
>though I don't know anyone who has one.
>
>As long as you're prepared to let the machine do it's stuff without
>interruption then IDE is fine. I normally make an image on the HD first
>to absolutely guarantee perfect results but disc to disc data works fine
>and disc to disc audio works almost as well - at the expense of the odd
>coaster when the CDDA limitations of my reader rear up and things go
>awry.
>
>I've no doubt that SCSI readers and writers are superior but with a
>little thought about the burning process and the demands it places on
>your PC then IDE can give equally impressive results.
>

Thank you sir, and it's so nice to read a plain simple non-emotional
response for once!

-- 
Andrew W.
Harrogate, UK
woody@tangon.demon.co.uk
g1uxp@gb7cym
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From: Woody <woody@tangon.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: CD-R or CD-RW - which to buy
Date: 1999/04/10
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