R/W CDs. Aren't some high capacity R/W CDs coming out before Xmas? from: http://www.compaq.com/rcfoc/20010326.html Double Your Pleasure -- This could, I guess, be about chewing gum. But in fact it's about a new recordable CD standard from Sony, which promises to double the amount of data we can record on new DD-R and DD-RW disks. Instead of a CD's 650 megabytes, the new "Double Density CD-R and CD-RW" drives, prefixed with the letters "DD" instead of "CD", will hold 1.3 gigabytes. The drives, due in April, will cost $249. Write-once disks will cost $1.99 each, and re-recordable disks will sell for $2.99, according to the March 13 MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.com/news/543972.asp). Of course, existing CD drives will not be able to read these new DD disks, whose tracks are closer together than a CD's to pack in the additional data... Will this seemingly valuable boost to rewritable storage be the "right choice"? Pioneer recently announced a $1,000 drive that will write both CDs and 4.7-gigabyte, $20 DVDs (http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4952541.html)! And wouldn't that make for a fine backup medium. But it's rarely a simple choice as new "standards" emerge... --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <em>> Chopin Cusachs wrote: <em>> > <em>> > You do need to be sure you have an IRQ to spare. <em>> I took the IDE/ATA66 card <em>> > out of this box because <em>> > I couldn't spare the interrupt. <em>> <em>> These are all good ideas, but I want to stress I am <em>> looking for <em>> removable media so that I can keep an offsite <em>> backup. I would be SOL if <em>> I lost some of things on my home computer. <em>> <em>> Regards, Dustin <em>> <em>> > <em>> > If you go that route, check whether the card <em>> includes the cable -- that can <em>> > be pricey, too. <em>> > <em>> > Choppy <em>> > <em>> > At 07:59 PM 3/26/01 -0600, you wrote: <em>> > >At 07:48 PM 3/26/01, Dustin wrote: <em>> > > >I need to purchase a backup device for my home <em>> computer. I am looking at <em>> > > >5-10GB of data. Anyone have any suggestions on <em>> specific backup gear? I am <em>> > > >looking at spending MAYBE $500, but would <em>> rather less. One problem is <em>> > > that my <em>> > > >current setup uses all 4 IDE connectors, so an <em>> IDE solution probably <em>> > > wouldn't <em>> > > >work. However, if price becomes an issue I <em>> could rearrange. :) <em>> > > <em>> > >How about a second IDE/ATA100 card, and feed yet <em>> another drive (YAD) off <em>> > >it. You can get a Maxtor ATA100 card for about <em>> $50 at CompUSA and pick up <em>> > >a 30gig drive for about $99-130 depending on the <em>> sale. <em>> > > <em>> > > <em>> > > <em>> > >-- <em>> > >Terry Stockdale -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Baton <em>> Rouge, LA <em>> > >personal website: http://www.dadstoy.net <em>> > >computerstuff: <em>> http://www.dadstoy.net/computer.htm <em>> > > <em>> > >================================================ <em>> > >BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> > >Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>> > >Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> > >your subscription information. <em>> > >================================================ <em>> > <em>> > ================================================ <em>> > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>> > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> > your subscription information. <em>> > ================================================ <em>> <em>> -- <em>> Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <em>> http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear <em>> In the beginning the Universe was created. <em>> This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - <em>> Douglas Adams <em>> ================================================ <em>> BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>> Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> your subscription information. <em>> ================================================ <p>__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================ <!-- body="end" --> <hr noshade> <ul> <li><strong>Next message:</strong> Mark Orr: "Re: [brluglist] Backup drive" <li><strong>Previous message:</strong> Chopin Cusachs: "Re: [brluglist] Backup drive" <li><strong>In reply to:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] Backup drive" <li><strong>Messages sorted by:</strong> [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ] </ul> <hr noshade>
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