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Re: CD-RW recommendations



On Saturday 14 April 2001 06:19, iehrenwald@earthlink.net 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 it works fine.  I don't like IDE at all except for
> cheap desktops so I'm kind of biased towards SCSI.

I have an IDE writer and it also works fine. The only advantage of 
SCSI is when you plan to do CD-to-CDR duplication. My advice: always 
dd your CD to your HD. Note also: an IDE writer and a cheap (read 
slow) desktop is a bad combination. This is where you get your buffer 
underruns.



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