JG> CS> I see. But most CD-ROM drives manufactured after 1996 should ba
JG> CS> able to read packeticized CDs, right?
JG> Wouldn't bet on it - I'd check first if it's important.
Okay, then I guess I'll check first. :-)
JG> CS> Aren't there faster writers? Or are the CD's they write too
JG> CS> incompatible with most CD-readers on the market today? Or are
JG> CS> they just too expensive for most people? I have seen some ads
JG> CS> here in Norway for 6-speed writers, and they are well over NOK
JG> CS> 7000 (~US$ 1000).
JG> Well over, indeed.  The last time I heard, the Kodak PCD600 was
JG> list price of about $15000 US.  That may have changed but it'd
Whoops. It should be a 4x-read and write unit, not a 6x-writer... :-(
I've GOT to stop reading/writing mail in the middle of the night...
JG> still be damned expensive for most people/companies to buy (I work
JG> for Kodak, until a year ago for the high-speed CD writer project
...but nevertheless, it's still too expensive for me on this side of the year 
2010... :-)
JG> so I'd like it to sell better but the writer is aimed at the
JG> commercial market - next generation is aimed at lower cost and
JG> 5.25" form factor as well as faster throughput).  The low-cost
You mean they're going back to the 5.25" sized boxes?
JG> ones are catching up but nobody's sitting still - it's electronic
JG> warfare...
Warfare it is, that's for sure. And I don't like it...
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