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CD-writer -- SCSI or IDE?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Keith Bennett)
Wed Dec 2 10:08:16 1998
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 15:06:15 +0000 (GMT)
From: Keith Bennett <keith@dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk>
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hi,
another CD-writer buying opinion poll here.
here's the story:
about 2 months ago i bought myself a phillips cdd3610 cd-rw.
i really like it - only problem is i couldn't get it working on linux.
my mum then decides to buy it off me for my dad for christmas so
that i can replace it with a scsi one.
this morning, however, i find that i am able to get it working under
linux after all!
my question then is:
when i buy my new drive should i get a scsi one or just get the
same as i got before?
the pros of sticking with my current drive are:
1) about 70 UKP cheaper.
2) no need to install a scsi controller.
3) i already know it works.
the pros of getting a scsi cd-rw:
1) i can get my other 24-speed cdrom working again.
2) all the software seems to be geared towards it.
at the moment the ide drive seems to be winning.
can anyone persuade me otherwise?
keith.
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