Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!returnco!dougp From: dougp@return.com (Stormwatcher at the Gates of Madness) Subject: Re: a WORM question Message-ID: Organization: Return Communications References: Distribution: alt Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 04:00:04 GMT Lines: 13 In article kaikow@standards.com writes: > >First, the term "WORM" is normally used to refer to real write-once-read-many >media. The sector structure/recording format of WORM is quite different >than that of CD, so the normal term for "worm" cd is CD-WO. Generally, CD or >CD-WO drives cannot read WORM disks as the underlying recording format is >quite different. > However, often the manufacturers of the writers aren't completely clear about which type they're selling. I've heard the Philips writer referred to as a CD-WORM writer, even though it's really a multi-session writable CD-ROM device. Caveat author. DLP