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Walter, I've only written normal computer data. I've had some bad luck with their "virtual image" system, so I always make an ISO image first, and that process runs disappointingly slowly – far below the native transfer rate of the hard drive – and you have to stand by the…
Katherine, Thanks for the sage words about CD-R media stability. We expect to archive some test data, and might actually need to dig some of it and take a look at it after ten or fifteen years. It sound like CD-R's will 'way outlast 9-track tape, but 8mm tape looks…
Walter, There certainly are a lot of opinions about the Pinnacle, some good and some not so good. Before you commit to a drive, do monitor this forum for a while and try to sort them out and see how they might apply to your situation. My opinion: I've just…
Deirdre' Pardon me for asking a dumb question but what's " the classic multisession-in-Mode 2-only problem"? Does the s/w version supplied with the RCD1000 keep us from accidentally doing the wrong thing, or are we on our own? John
Dirk, Tape offers higher data transfer rates and much higher capacity per unit of medium than CD-R, and arguably requires less skilled attention than cutting a CD. If your idea of backup is just to copy a limited number of data files that you've recently modified, CD-R may suit you…
Carl, Based on *very* limited experience, the pthalocyanine disks are the ones my Toshiba 3401's won't read, but of course that could be a function of the way they were made and not the medium. Any generalizations to be made? John
Carl, Thanks for the note on the RCD1000 problems – is the problem dye the one that's gold-colored, or the green-colored stuff that's fairly common? Why do you use it? Pinnacle is an 'interesting' company – much as a person might describe a new food they're pretty sure they don't…
Patrick, For the RCD200 series, I know of only one software package. Pinnacle makes upgrades available on their BBS, for which I applaud them. John
Patrick, Pinnacle decided my RCD200 (about the same age as yours) needed new firmware somewhere along the way, and I also kept up with the latest software upgrades (available from their BBS), but the thing that I think really got my problems down to a dull roar was replacing the…
Deirdre, You're right, ASPICD.SYS does not work with NT. I take it from your reply that the RCD1000 will not as a reader under NT either? John
#RCD1000 NT read support?
Message #116416
All, I noticed a Pinnacle RCD1000 ad that emphasized the fact that the drive could be used as a general-purpose reader in addition to its writing capabilities, and it reminded me that the RCD202 was in fact *not* supported, even as a reader, under NT. Does anyone know if they've…
Does anyone know whose motherboard is in the Northgate ISA box that doesn't allow bus mastering? Micronics?
Thanks, I'll give it a try.
Delphi sounds good – I use CIS almost entirely for access to the technical forums, and expect from what you say that Delphi will have fewer manufact- urers represented, but it would be interesting to be able to dip one's toe into the Internet river. How do I join?
There was some discussion here a few months ago to the end that the Computer Select folks do not permit their subscribers to sell their old disks, and from the tone of the discussion, agressively enforce that policy.
I don't know where the Future Domain thread came from, but I'd like to add the maybe-interesting fact that F.D. bought the rights to the Western Digital WD7000 host adapter, and says they'll continue to market it, altho' with apparently no more vigor than W.D. applied. They apparently tried to…
#'New' messages repeat?
Message #30565
Is it my imagination, or does this forum not understand 'new' with respect to reading messages? Ordinarily, I expect that means 'messages since I last logged on and read messages', but I think I get much more than that. Maybe the system recognizes me as a slow learner and is…
Exabyte's BBS is 303 442 4343. Sorry I didn't get your msg earlier.
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#Exabyte Advice?
Message #27670
Sytos+ was mentioned as a choice for backup with an Adaptec/Exabyte combination, and was the only one I knew about so I bought it in spite of my experience with Sytos–, which someone here described as 'the worst backup package I've ever seen'. Which sentiment I echo. Anyway, Sytos+ is…
The drivers go with your host adapter, not the SCSI drive itself. If SCSI is a feature of your IBM computer, you need to see your IBM dealer for drivers.
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DAK's New $199 CD Drive
Message #22128
Well heck, I was so pleased to get the CDR80 I'm worried about all the other bargains I'm missing. There was once a threat (promise) of a special newsletter for those odds and ends, and I signed up, but never saw one. And the store is way over on the…
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HARDWARE ADVICE?
Message #22126
I believe you'll need the sound card to get the 'multimedia' digitized sound off multimedia CD's – I think the format of the material on the disc is different and it won't come out the regular audio jacks. (Perhaps the wizard is lurking and can pontificate…)
everyday media
Message #21491
Does anyone want to talk about cheap, everyday media on this forum? All the chat seems to be about high-end stuff – the best drive, the best dictionary, hang the cost. My grump is that I keep buying under-$100 media and with few exceptions it's not worth the plastic it's…
I'm using the DAK NEC-80 with a Future Domain controller, no problem, it is quite standard. It should work with anything except that you must get a CDROM driver from the manufacturer of the controller and put it in your config.sys file. The D: parameter that appears on the command…