Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!parc!biosci!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!news.hal.COM!olivea!charnel!xmission!xmission!not-for-mail From: jonm@xmission.com (JonM) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: I want to buy CDROM Writer, please help Date: 25 Apr 1994 16:38:28 -0600 Organization: XMission Public Access Internet (801-539-0900) Lines: 37 Message-ID: <2phgp4$eb0@xmission.xmission.com> References: <2p9mr0$707@xmission.xmission.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: xmission X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] My understanding is that the price includes software, and that it is a Double Speed. I am not sure of what problems that the drive might have, I have only seen markiting info on it. I have noticed a slight thermal problem with the JVC I have been using. Robert Du Gaue (Robert-CCN@sacbbx.com) wrote: : In <2p9mr0$707@xmission.xmission.com>, jonm@xmission.com (JonM) writes: : > Pinnacle Micro has announced a new CD-R drive for under $3000 : > : > Jon : Is this with Software? I've seen the Ricoh combo going for around $3900, : including software. If that's with software it's a good price. If : they've unbundled it then it's smoke and mirrors as publishing software : costs another $900-$2000+ depending on the vendor/product. It this a : single speed CD-R or double? Do you have model number? : I've heard the pinnacle has problems with hard drives and thermal : recalibration too? Is this true with most CD-R drives? I know some have : 1 megabyte buffers that overcome that problem, but those models are also : single speed. With double speed (and higher) I figure speed becomes more : critical. : An article in the latest DataMation has CD-R devices going for around : $2000 by fall (probably without software). Another ComputerWorld article : (April 6th I think) has them going for $1000 by the end of year, though : that article is floating through my department and it hasn't come across : my desk yet. : --------------------------------------------------------------------------- : robert-ccn@sacbbx.com The CrossRoads BBX : ZyXel 19.2 : (916)383-2263 ZyXEL 19.2 : 383-8937 ZyXEL 19.2 : 383-1503 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------