On Apr 19 19:58 97, Greg Foley of 1:244/333 wrote:
GF> CD's that can be read by standard CD players.  If that is possible with 
GF> these, could you let me know if there are any other requirements, like 
GF> sound cards, hard drives.. etc...
FWIW the chief problem with CDR is not so much the recorders, but the media 
and the ability for certain players to be able to read them.
I cannot find any media that the NEC 2x, 3x & 4x readers that were put in 
gw2k machines and gateway has been absolutely NO help. the older mitsumi's 
will read   Verbatim [blue] but not green or gold [maxell fuji tdk]. most 
scsi drives seem to read most anything [if you have "current drivers"] as for 
audio players its been 50/50 as to whether or not it will be compatable, 
largely depending on the media and the machine in question, so you pick media 
to be compatable with what ever you want to use it with, but there is no 
universal standard which can easily read by anything... And I have been doing 
data and audio - for maximum compatability it is necessary to use the pressed 
silver media, which cannot be done in a standard cd burner, although you can 
use the cdr as a master [more or less] so that a commercial firm can make 
stacks of silver disks...
Regards,
Richard.
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