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#Panasonic Power Drive 2

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#117990From: William E. KeiserJun 22, 1995 9:00 AM
Panasonic has a new REWRITEABLE CD-R drive called the Power Drive 2. Theere is an external for about 850 and an internal for 775. Has anyone had any experience of this thing? Are discs written with this thing readable in all CD drives? Panasonic's number is 800-742-8086 .
#118007From: Katherine CochraneJun 22, 1995 10:48 AM
William, This drive is NOT CD-R in totality — it uses phase change technology, not CD-Recordable. Panasonic is causing a lot of confusion with their advertising. It will read CD-ROMs as well as its Phase Change media, but it doesn't write CD-Rs, if I remember correctly. Please be aware also that phase change discs can be overwritten only a limited number of times (about 100) before it "wears out." Kathy The One-Off CD Shops