Re: Recordable CD (CD-R) as backup devices?

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From: Michael Eyrich (michey_at_prz.tu-berlin.de)
Date: Fri May 09 1997 - 05:50:41 EDT

On Thu, 8 May 1997, John Kim wrote:

| What I've heard is that because the CD-R writes in one
| continuous track (like the old phonograph grooves), the PC
| *must* be able to pump data to the drive without fail. Don't
| try to multitask when it's running, and SCSI is best. Also, I
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         This really depends on your operating system!
Real multitasking/multiuser systems do not have any problem
with it.

M. Eyrich
michey_at_prz.tu-berlin.de

| don't know if a PCMCIA SCSI port would be up to handling a 4x
| CD-R (650MB/17min = just over half a MB/sec, and remember your
| PC needs time to read the data too), and any APM BIOS functions
| could jeopordize the process.
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| John H. Kim
| kim_at_mak.com
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