Re: cd minus R or plus R

"Bob Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 23:01:25 -0700, "Bobby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >First you need to check that your drive supports CD-RW. If it supports
CD-RW
> >it also supports CD-R, but not the inverse.
> >Then you need decide if you need the more expensive CD-RW. They're
commonly
> >used to back-up a set of data every week, month, or whatever.
>
>
> When is the last time you saw a CD Rom burner that was not also
> CD-R/W?  I'm betting it was back when a 4x CD burner was over $200.
>
>

I'm looking at one right now on my desk. Pinnacle Micro RCD5040. It's
external SCSI
Read 4x/ Write 2x. Retail when I bought it was over $1000, but I think I
paid about half of
that in 1996. It's great fun because you can actually get buffer under runs,
and about 1 in 3 disks failed
even when it was new.

Anyways, it may be obvious to you, but I deal with people all the time that
have older PC's. They
buy a pack of CD-R's and think they can record onto them using their regular
CD-ROM drive.