Nate Bergmann: > > I am looking for a method to archive a bunch of stuff off of a couple > > different computers and since one is a laptop and one a desktop, it > > seems a parallel attached CDR drive might be the answer (I'm not > > enthused about Zip or Iomega drives). I know that the kernel has > > support for these devices, but I would like others' opinions on a good > > drive, write reliability, etc. Speed is secondary at this point and a 2
Jo: > I've never tried one of these. But an external scsi writer is another > solution. Maybe it's more expensive but i think it's more reliable than a > parrallel writer. > > Greetz, > Jo Hmm, well, there are some PCMCIA to SCSI cards, that's true. Not exactly lightweight anymore when you're talking about lugging the device around, tho. I just purchased a CenDyne CD-rewriter (4x, 4x, 20x read). From its PCMCIA cord, it works okay so far -- needed to hit the power button on the side *after* the card was inserted to properly establish it (in other words, merely having power plugged in wasn't enough, the card needs the power surge, then it's a happy ATAPI) but that's okay. The disc bay is not notably taller than my Addonics; the brick isn't very heavy, nor all that large (circa 2" x 2.5") I haven't burned enough discs with it to have good statistics on that yet. Disadvantage over my Addonics CDrom bay is it requires external power, period; but, that's an acceptible limitation for a high capacity writing device, to me. If I only need a reader I'll still carry the Addonics. CenDyne also offers the same device with a USB cord, or I can order a cendyne- to-USB cord for it. (For those of you in California, I could only find the PCMCIA box at Fry's.) The price was less than Addonics' CDRW by better than $100, and I couldn't find the Addonics one in a store anyway. * Heather Stern * star@ many places...
