You think that they would wouldn't you? (it does make sense) I am using Pioneer's DRM-7000 jukeboxes for my storage retrieval systems which as you state are all SCSI based. So how they will support their new drives in their jukeboxes is beyond me. I've been emailing Pioneer but they state they don't have any plans for anymore SCSI DVD-R drives in the "near" future. I guess it all depends on what "near" means. I thought I saw a mention of it in a press release by Pioneer's japaneese division but I haven't been able to find it since. If anyone knows more please share.
--- Len Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 11:16:59AM -0700, Brian > Sullivan wrote: > > I have been looking at two SCSIDE converters, both > are > > around the same price of $100. One is the IDSC21-E > > from IO Data > > > (http://www.iodata.com/products/idsc/idsc21e/IDSC21-E.htm) > > and the other is the ARS-2000UB Bridge Smart from > > ACARD Technologies (http://www.acard.com). The > acard > > product is actually a complete external drive bay > that > > does the conversion while the IO Data product is > just > > an adapter you plug into the back of the drive. > The > > IDE/SCSI software emulation probably won't work > for me > > due to the heavy load I am putting on my IDE hard > > drive and bus. I am afraid if I used it the > failure > > rate of the DVD-R burns would increase > dramatically. > > My load consists during the DVD-R burn consists of > > simultaneously FTPing another 4.7 GB for my next > DVD-R > > disc, creating the 4.7 GB ISO file for the next > burn > > from this FTP'd data as well as creating seven 670 > MB > > ISO files of the same data to burn to CD-R, and of > > course the actual burning of 4.7 GB to DVD-R and > 4.7 > > GB across seven CD-R drives (all SCSI). > Surprinsingly > > this is all running fine just fine on a Dell > Dimension > > 4100 desktop PC with a Quantum Fireball IDE hard > > drive. My failure rate is probable about 1 in 50 > right > > now if not better. Hopefully you can see why I > would > > be hesitant to adding more load the hard drive. > > It might be cheaper to simply get a dedicated ide > ontroller for the HD > (like the cards made by Promise), and use the normal > ide controller for > the DVD. Puts less load on the scsi bus too. > > Not sure. I suspect a native scsi version of the > drive must exist, > since pioneer intends to support it in their CD/DVD > jukebox machines soon, > and the jukeboxes are scsi only. > > Len Sorensen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
