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Re: filmscanners: storage
Tony Sleep wrote:
>
> I still use the original Ricoh RO-1420C SCSI CDR I bought 5 years ago,
> originally in a 486, and a mere 2x write speed. Used with Gear s/w from
> Elektroson which has some clever buffering arrangements but a Martian UI, it
> has never produced a single coaster on any brand CDR. This is on a dogsbody
>PC
> Celeron400 with 128Mb which also does duty as a POP3 proxy server, DNS proxy,
> DAT backup and fax and print server for the rest of the LAN.
>
Seems the secret is using a SCSI interfaced drive.
> If I use Adaptec S/w (latest here is v3.5 I think) the slightest trace of a
> system glitch produces coasters. My success rate falls to about 25% instead
>of
> 99%.
>
Doesn't this speak volumes about where one finger can be pointed.
Thanks for this, I'm gonna track down Gears.
Art
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