JG> CS>Okay, but how about NT? Does it work in NT? And more important:
JG> CS>How many errors does it make when writing a CD? Speed? Time to
JG> CS>fill a CD?
JG> The big thing with IDE-anything is CPU utilization. It'd be more
JG> important to ensure the system doesn't get busy (or have a "fast
JG> enough" (whatever that means) processor to handle the load) during
JG> writes.
A Pentium or better, I'd suspect. :-(
JG> The newer drives are now implementing packetized writing,
JG> meaning the writer can stop and start, much reducing the age-old
JG> buffer underruns that plague normal CD writing. However, older CD
JG> drives won't read the packetized CDs so upgrading those would be
JG> necessary.
I see. But most CD-ROM drives manufactured after 1996 should ba able to read 
packeticized CDs, right?
JG> The speed/time to fill a CD would be a fuction of the writing
JG> speed - 2x is the standard for low-end (~$500 U.S.) writers.
Aren't there faster writers? Or are the CD's they write too incompatible with 
most CD-readers on the market today? Or are they just too expensive for most 
people? I have seen some ads here in Norway for 6-speed writers, and they are 
well over NOK 7000 (~US$ 1000).
------ remiel 
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