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Okay, one at a time…. I don't know the Mitsui. If it says XA anywhere, it's Kodak CD compatible. It it doesn't, it may be single session compatible but not multisession compatible (i.e. it might be able to read everything laid down in one pass but not anything added later in the empty areas). Firmware (meaning a chip) is required for XA, so if you don't have it you can't get it in software. Draw3's package isn't fully Kodak compatible, but the forthcoming Corel Draw 4 is in all the add-ons, even Mosaic. The Kodak CD WORM (or writable CD) recorder is the same as the one sold by Phillips and is available at the very un-consumer price of around $7000. It ain't cheap, since Phillips, co-developer and royalty-gatherer of the CD format, doesn't like the idea of anybody being able to make CDs that any other CD can play, so it's "professionally priced" and will likely stay high for the foreseeable future.