In message <20000615175217.A5249@pyy.jmp.fi>, Jukka Marin writes:
>Yep - OTOH, my SCSI bus is only 10 MBps with several devices hanging off it
>while I could devote one IDE interface for the CD-RW alone (well, maybe).

SCSI will survive load better, but yeah, a dedicated interface for a CD-RW
should be fine.

>A SCSI CD-RW would cost me twice the ATAPI price, so I think I'll give the
>ATAPI drive a try.  (No, please don't tell me that in the US, you can get
>SCSI drives for less than $100 because they cost almost $500 over here,
>sigh..)

I once got a CD-R for $269.  I haven't had any problems, but the company got
a class action lawsuit over them.  (Philips CDD-2600.  It was mentioned on
slashdot a while back.)

-s