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From: Bernie <bernie AT mbox302 DOT swipnet DOT se>
Subject: Re: prob audio CD on 2nd CD-ROM with NWCDEX
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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:39:50 +0100
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Pat wrote:
>Until recently with some of the newer drives, the write speed has been
>slow. I am not talking about five years ago. I was thinking of buying a
>R/W drive about a years ago, then saw the DVD RAM drives and compared
>speeds.

Actually I haven't seen a DVD-RAM yet, but 8X was probably the "lowest" you
could get a year ago. I assume that SCSI will be used first for DVD-RAM.
You also have the problem with DVD that this is a standard but many DVD
readers aren't able to handle the max size of discs.

>This is a very recent drive. My main point is why should some have to
>upgrade everything when something new comes along. I do not have to do
>this with SCSI. I can mix the old technology stuff with the newer stuff.

One doesn't need to, my 4X CD-R is working fine for me (although I would
like to buy a SCSI reader). The point is that if you want to buy new the
speeds aren't low.

>You did not read what I wrote very well. I said a K6-III+ 450Mhz. If you
>wish to do some research on it, you'll find that it is comparable in
>speed to the Duron! The reason I chose this, is because I don't want to
>invest in a new ATX case and power supply. I also get 4 ISA slots if I
>need them. My 56K modem is ISA as is my Ethernet card and my Central
>Point Deluxe Option board.

I miss the ISA bus as well. But one can buy more expensive motherboards (ca
30USD more) and have 1 ISA card in the computer. And yes, I know that the
K6-3 is faster than a K6-2 but my old machine was a K6-2 (and thus I saved
almost 100USD when I bought it). I haven't seen any test between a Duron
and a K6-3 (or actually any with a K6-3) but I don't think it's that fast
(the biggest change with regards to the K6-2 is the floating point unit
right?)
//Bernie