In message <Pine.NEB.4.33.0201022315010.630-100000@chylonia.3miasto.net>, Wojci
ech Puchar writes:
>> >read a CDR for almost pocket change these days...
>> >
>>
>> Which brings up another question:  what DVD writers are supported by
>> NetBSD?  Although the drives are expensive, the disk themselves -- even
>> the rewritable ones -- are cheap.  I know there's a debate about
>
>what i found in Poland (1PLN about 0.23$ don't remember exactly):
>
>(DVD-R) 3.95 GB NASHUA  82,78 (about 20$)
>(DVD-RAM) 5,2 GB TDK  138,90 (about 35$)
>
>is it cheap?
>
>4GB DDS-2 tape costs <<10$

But how many do you need?  The cost difference isn't that great, I 
don't need many level 0s, and -- perhaps most important -- DVD readers 
are reasonably common today, and are standard on most new machines 
being sold in the U.S.  As someone else pointed out, access to a reader 
is important, too.
>
>and what's the difference between DVD-R and DVD-RAM?
>
>
DVD-R is write-once, like CD-R; DVD-RAM is one of several contenders 
for reuseable DVDs.

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