CD-RW Drive

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Mon Feb 1 05:56:13 1999

jpero_at_cgocable.net wrote:

> Date sent: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:24:34 -0800
> Send reply to: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
> From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_freegate.com>
> To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: CD-RW Drive
>
> > As you've just learned, CD-RW is not the same as CD-R.
> > CD-R = CD "Recordable"
> > CD-RW = CD "ReWritable"
> > CDROM = read only.
> >
> > Use a CD-R drive to write CDs that a CDROM drive can read. (some drives
> > will do both CD-R and CR-RW but these are labelled as such.
> > --Chuck
> >
> >
> Don't yours happen to be Acer CRW-6202 or like?
>
> 1. Successful burn of CDR discs requires everything turned off
> except for this s/w burner because one miss is enough to ruin or
> make it unreadable in some drives.
>
> 2. Are you doing a multi-session type? Many older cd drives spat
> out this. Better do single-session.
>
> 3. Don't bother the 80min CDR discs, use 74min gold discs by
> Sony, KAO and high quality ones.
>
> 4. Defrag all partitions.
>
> 5. No bumps or excessive vibrations to that cdrw drive.
>
> We have no problems using cds from that inexpensive Acer burner
> on any drives including the old crusty 2x, 1x drives. :-)
>
> Right now I can see this cdrw drive IDE model around 390 dollars
> at my part-time work at computer store.
>
> Jason D.

It's been my experience that he needs to close the session on the disk or it won't be readable. Also
there is an ISO 9660 mode that it needs to be done in as well so that it's compatible with all standard
cdrom drives, including Macs. The suggestion of single session sounds about right. I haven't archived
anything to mine in about a year, and I bought my Memorex CRW-1622 back a year ago and it was $295
through MEI Micro.
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