SUMMARY: WORM Drives for Sun

From: Mike Monts (monts@caere.com)
Date: Tue Feb 27 1996 - 13:47:51 CST


Once upon a time I asked about WORM CD Drives and software for Sun. I ended up
using Gear software and a Yamaha CDE-100 Worm drive. Thanks to all who
responded!

-- 
Mike Monts
monts@caere.com

================================================================================ Original Question ================================================================================ Subject: WORM Drives for Sun Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 09:15:05 -0800 (PST)

I am searching for a worm cd drive for long term archives. We would like to be able to use the cd's generated in any cdrom reader, as a mounted file system on our Sun's. The units that Sun sells will not do this. Your help would be appreciated. Thanks! ================================================================================ Responses ================================================================================ From: Andrew Brown <asbro4@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 95 14:27:39 EDT

I currently use a Yamaha CDR100 WORM drive with Solaris 2.3 Gear CD writing software. We can write CDs of Standard or straight Unix files. The CDR100 is a quad speed disk, but you will require a separate CD driver for the CD WORM to act as a CDROM drive. I'm looking into this at the moment. This setup is fine and has been very easy to use after a few teething problems which are easily overcome.

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We use a Philips CDD 522. This worm cd drive is Ok. We have no problems with it. The software we use is Gear. It is not user friendly and even only tty = based.

-Fr=E9d=E9ric Piard.

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Pinnacle sells a multi-session cdrom burner that is just what you need. Cost is around $1400.

================================================================================ From: "Lynne Pickett" <ebex@gdeb.com> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 18:05:51 -0500

Please provide responses to your question. I have a similar situation and am interested in what others have done to resolve it.

Lynne Pickett Department 450 Systems Administration Technical Publications, Communications and Logistics

Electric Boat Corporation General Dynamics 75 Eastern Point Road Mail Stop c9-45A2 Groton, CT 06340 Email: external <lpickett@gdeb.com> internal <lpickett@plunger.gdeb.com> or <ebex@plunger.gdeb.com> ================================================================================ From: Larry Weissman 5-2011 <larryw@nsr.bioeng.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 95 09:04:40 -0800

There is a selection of CDR (compact disk, recordable) devices compatible with Sun's SCSI implementation.

Recently, both Hewlett-Packard and Pinnacle Microsystems announced CDR's for under $1,000. Only a year ago prices were over $3,000.

A CD created with a CDR should be readable in any CDROM drive.

Also, there are commercial services for creating CDR's - just check out the ads in SunExpert, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Larry Weissman Center for Bioengineering, Box 357962 larryw@nsr.bioeng.washington.edu Univ of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-7962 Phone: (206)685-2011 FAX: (206)685-3300 ================================================================================



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