World's Crappiest Drives (was Re: A&J Microdrive)

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Thu Dec 7 13:20:49 2000

On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Michael Nadeau wrote:
> BTW, never write on a CD with a felt-tip pen or magic marker. The ink
> can easily seep through and affect the laser's ability to read the
> data. Labels are a bad idea, too, as they will cause the disc to spin
> out of balance.

Sellam Ismail wrote:
> So how are we supposed to label them, buy a 30-micron layer lacquer
> machine?

Some inks will not harm the lacquer. It is reported that the Sanford
Sharpie markers are in this category.

Some CD-R vendors claim that their discs have a top layer to protect the
data. I'm not sure whether they're really doing anything special, or
whether this is simply a "marketing breakthrough" description of the
lacquer.
Received on Thu Dec 07 2000 - 13:20:49 GMT