The TDK VeloCD 16x is a good IDE drive but I don't think they make it in SCSI version. However, the Yamaha Lightspeed 16x comes in SCSI, and it's around $260 on pricescan.com. It also has burn-proof, no more coasters! We have a few IDE 16x burners, and you only get about 10-12x with them. The SCSI ones will actually do 16x. I don't know why this is, as 16 x 150k/sec is still not anywhere near the max transfer speed of the IDE bus. I'd look at the Yamaha Lightspeed 16X SCSI. That's what I'm going to buy for my new box. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Mendelsohn [mailto:mend0070 at tc.umn.edu] > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 2:44 PM > To: tc-luglist > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Burners > > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Shawn wrote: > > > Internal SCSI CD-RW burner- No IDE drive for me. I've had bad luck > > with the IDE burners, and want to stay SCSI. Though, I > can't find any > > locally, the stores look at me funny when I mention that > I'm looking for > > one. Downside is that I can't port it around as easily as > I can with a > > laptop. > > > > > > Anyone have good recommendations on these or other? I'm > also looking at > > getting a tape backup. I've been looking at the VXA > systems, anyone > > have experience with these things? Or is there a > comparable unit out > > there that doesn't cost $900 for a 66GB BU system? > > Unless the portability is a really big issue for you, I'd go tried and > true, SCSI all the way. I can't help you too much with makes > and models, > but I'd add that when Sony stopped making the 900e (this was a $7000 > industrial model) some of my old mastering colleagues found a > couple of > the Yamaha burners to be almost worthy substitutes. > > For commodity burners, I dunno. We all know SCSI is SCSI is SCSI, > right? :) > > -- > "To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." --Anonymous > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >