I went to the SCSI Trade Association on this a while back 'cause I never did know for sure. They said: The SCSI controller negotiates the protocol with each device and will talk to each in their native speed (assuming the card can go that fast). If devices need to talk to each other they use the slower speed. The only time any one device can change the bus speed is when a Single Ended device is plugged into an LVD bus. Charlie PS I got cheap and bought a Plextor 8x4x32x ATAPI CD-RW and it works wonderfully. I had to use a windoze box to do the firmware upgrade but hey, I was burning CDs in a 486. On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Andrew Nemchenko wrote: > SCSI is like a brain, it will only run as fast as your slowest device. So devices > would slow down within the chain. I have multiple ports on my scsi card so I have my > 68 pin IBM uw harddrive running off of one port and my 50 pin yamaha running off > another so they are not in the same chain. Make sure that if you use a 68 > 50 pin > addapter you set up your devices so that the CD burner is the last in the chain > because it automatically terminates (at least mine does) or other wise you will have > to get the adapter with the terminator on it. > > "Troy A. Johnson" wrote: > > > If the devices was on the same SCSI chain though, wouldn't a slow CD-ROM > > (SCSI-wise, not CDROM-wise) slow down the whole chain? > > > > Nick.T.Reinking at supervalu.com wrote: > > > > > > I've heard really good things about Teac CD-Rs and CD-ROMs > > > if you're trying to do weird things (overburn disks, bypass copy > > > protection, copy PSX disks, etc.) > > > > > > As far as the UW thing goes, you should be able to get an > > > 68pin->50pin connector for a Kenwood, and run it right up there > > > with the rest of your UW devices. ;P > > > > > > Nick Reinking > > > > > > dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu, on 08/31/2000 09:42:00 AM > > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org @ PMDF > > > cc: > > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:20885] CD BURNERS > > > > > > Yamaha's are very nice, as well. Also, they have support for 512 byte > > > blocks and support for the weird SGI scsi controllers. Allowing you to, > > > for example, make bootable copies of IRIX media on your Indy :) > > > > > > Gabe > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 09:26:20AM -0600, Andrew Nemchenko wrote: > > > > YAMAHA!!!!! they have an nice large buffer so you will never have buffer > > > underrun > > > > problems when copying those music CDs. > > > > > > > > Jon Schewe wrote: > > > > > > > > > Plextor has always been a good brand. I've got the PlexWriter RW 4/2/20 and > > > > > it works great. When it came time for firware upgrade on it they had a way > > > to > > > > > do it through Linux too. Oh and don't consider anything except SCSI if you > > > > > want to make sure it works in a multi-tasking environment. > > > > > > > > > > "Matthew LaBerge" <labmat at earthlink.net> writes: > > > > > > > > > > > I'm looking to get a new burner and would like some suggestions as to what > > > > > > brand is the best or most reliable, my old 2x isn't performing as well as > > > I > > > > > > would like so it's about time to get a new one. 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