At 16.03 1999-03-10 +1000, you wrote:
>> >The first CD copy I tried failed. The program said to fix the
>> >problem, try restarting Windoze, or if that doesn't work try
>> >reinstalling the drivers and programs for the CD writer.
>>
>> Not suprising, the HP CD Writers are *bad*! Most of the CDs I created with
>> the three (3!) diffrent HP CD Writers I had got corrupted.
>> My advice on CD recorders are:
>>
>> 1. Avoid IDE (better use SCSI, DAO will *not* work with IDE as far as I
know)
>> 2. Avoid HP (I got around 70 trashed CDs to prove my point)
>> 3. Avoid CD-RW (costs much, slow, little space)
>
>I used a parallel port HP 7200e. Worked like a dying dog.
Hmm, should probably get you even more problems since the printer port
isn't that fast (2.5X or something like that)
>> >Now where does one get the information for programing the CD writers
>> >to make for example a DOS program?
>>
>> Well, HP has this information on there site. I know since I thought that
>> was perhaps my last resort. It's not just my CD, we are four on it, and I
>> and two more are _rather_ experienced programmers. I decieded we should
>> traid in the CD writer instead, and so we did. The new Sony 4X/8X SCSI has
>> *never* made a corrupt CD (except that StarCraft don't work on W98, but
>> that's not the CD-Rs fault!)
>
>Sounds like you were right about the HP. 3 different ones you say?
>I doubt Sony has this information on their site.
I haven't checked Sonys site since everything works OK.
Yes, I had to use 3 diffrent, two from the store and one that was changed
directly from HP, I had to stay home two days in the summer just to wait
for it :(
//Bernie
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