Funny that no one is mentioning Plextor. Built like a tank. In my circle, it
is the brand to get.
Frank Paris
marshalt@spiritone.com
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Sumtingwong
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 5:24 PM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: storage
>
>
> I will have to agree with this. I have yet to make a coaster
> with my Yamaha
> as well. Great piece of hardware.
>
> Spencer Stone
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of jimhayes
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 10:02 AM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: storage
>
>
> Yamaha. Don't get a Phillips or an HP. I just got a settlement
> from a class
> action
> suit against Phillips CD recorder.
> I don't know how Mac's work (PC here), but I have dual 80 mb/sec
> SCSI HD's
> and the
> Yamaha on the same chain with a couple of other things and an active
> terminator
> (not passive) on the end. But I have the scanner on a second SCSI card all
> to
> itself. I try to keep all internal and external SCSI cables short. Never
> created a
> "coaster" even at 8x with this setup. Tips? If you can, write a disk image
> file
> first instead of recording on the fly. Don't record at the CD-R(W)'s top
> speed if
> you don't have to. Turn off apps running in backgound and defrag
> your disks.
>
> Sara Jane Boyers wrote:
>
> > .. any suggestions on a
> > good CD-RW to hold all the stuff? And any considerations I should
> > use as I shop? --
>
> Jim Hayes
>
> Pixelography: The marriage of silicon and silver.
> Images at http://www.jymis.com/~jimhayes
>
>