[KLUG Members] IDE cd burner

[Bruce Smith]

> Or add another channel.  Better yet, device-to-device is best with SCSI.
> TekRam's DC-315U UltraSCSI card is ~$20, so you only need to eat the drive
> premium of ~$25-50/drive.

You guys don't need to sell me on SCSI!  I have a dual channel Adaptec
SCSI controller in my computer, and all my previous CDRW drives have
been SCSI.

Back when I bought my IDE 12X Plextor, they didn't make a SCSI model
that was near as fast.

I looked at other brand SCSI CDRW drives, but the faster ones switched
their drive connector from the flat ribbon type connector to the HD-50
connector (or whatever they are called), and my external SCSI tower
has the ribbon type connectors.  I even shopped around for different
cables and adapters, and couldn't find anything to cobble up my SCSI
connection for under $75.  Combine that with the increased cost of
the SCSI drives themself, SCSI would have cost me $150-$200 extra.

After many hours of investigating different options that I decided to 
take a chance on a less expensive IDE CDRW drive setup.  Overall I've 
been quite pleased with my IDE Plextor 12X-10X-32X.

Since then I've upgraded my CD read-only drive to a SCSI one (32X read)
and guess what?  I still can't do a full 12X CD to CDR copy, with my
Plextor IDE being the only drive used on the IDE channel!  I've tried
a couple different drives for the read only device, even a DVD drive,
and I've NEVER found one that can keep up in a 12X copy (in the first
part of the copy).  I give up!  (I'm getting closer to my CD speed
OVER rating rant . . .   ;)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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