[geeks] USB CD-RW

[Bill Bradford]

On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 01:17:59AM -0500, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> Has anyone used any of these style devices much?  In particular I'm interested
> in a Philips model (4x4x6, don't remeber model # though).  It would be used
> on a machine with no other USB devices hooked up at the same time.  I'm 
> particularly interested about a) win98 b) linux c) macos 8.x (pretty much in
> that order due to the rush I'm in).
> I was trying to hold out for a nice external scsi unit, but I came up with an
> idea (going away present for someone) that needs a CD-RW really quickly to 
> implement, so in a I-Want-It-Monday sort of time frame, the options are USB
> or internal IDE (which can only be placed in my sisters machine since my
> machines or out of either controller chanels or drive bays).

Avoid the Philips CD-R/RW drives.  Like the plague.

If you end up having more time, get a Plextor 8/4/32 refurb drive from 
them (online @ plextor.com) for like $68, and then get a USB external
enclosure for around $100.  The Plextor burners (even the IDE ones) are
the best I've ever used.

I've got one in an IDE<->Firewire enclosure, on my Mac.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Austin, TX