To Follow up on Gary's remarks, which are totally on target, just buy something like a name brand. I don't mean expensive like NEC, HP, etc, but not a Jingwa 3000 made in Ecuador or such. It's a great time to buy a cutter. With the newest cutters being 32X you can pick up a 8-16X cutter for $50-100. I never personally found any need for greater than 8x though I also have a 16X.
Enjoy yourself...it's great fun to cut! Regards, Mike Wafkowski ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Stainburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Harry Putnam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 7:39 AM Subject: CD (re)writers - was Re: Pays your money and takes your chances > Hi Harry, > > On Friday 10 May 2002 7:46 am, Harry Putnam wrote: > > Trying to slip in some OT questions by using an unusual subject line. > > > > But It is actually part of the possible answer. > > > > I've never tinkered with cd read/write equipment. And a little > > bewildered by the plethora of equipment out there. > > > > I want to be able to write to a writable cd. Both data and music. > > Read it etc. Hopefully in a way that is most likely to work on other > > equipment. > > > > My feeble understanding is that this would require possibly two pieces > > of equipment. > > > > I haven't done my home work really since I don't really know what it > > takes to do this. > > > > So, I hoped maybe someone experienced in this would tell me what > > equipment is required and what is known to work with Linux without > > major hacking/headaches. > > > > I have always had and all IDE setup so not really familiar with scsi > > hookups either. Unless there are major advantages for cd read/write > > specifically, I'd as soon stay with IDE, and not have to add scsi cards > > or whatever. > > > > Firstly, you don't need to worry about SCSI. The software you will use to > write CD's on Linux are written to work with SCSI kit, but to make life > easier there is a SCSI emulation module that makes an IDE drive look like a > SCSI one. > > Next, you don't need two pieces of kit. These days, most drives will both > write and rewrite CD's. Reading CD's should also be possible as I haven't > seen a writer that isn't also a reader. > > Writable CD's are done so by the laser burning the data onto the disk. > Rewritable CD's use a different compound which can be written to with a > softer laser. This compound can also be cleaned by the same laser making it > available for re-use. Note: a rewriteable CD cannot be used for read/write > like a HD, but can only be cleaned and re-written from scratch. Note also > that they have a life expectancy but this is so high you don't really need to > think about it. > > Once you've installed your CD-writer, follow the CD-writer HOWTO to show you > how to set it up. I've just installed RH7.2 on a box that already had a > writer connected and the installer did all the work for me. > > There are a number of software packages that you can use to write the CD's > but as I tend to stick with command-line stuff I can't really comment here. > > Hope it helps, > > Gary > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- > Gary Stainburn > > This email does not contain private or confidential material as it > may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown > and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
