29-06-2005, 00:56
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External CD-RW
Is it possible to purchase a USB 1.0 external CD-RW, and if not, can a USB 2.0 PCMCIA card be purchased?
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29-06-2005, 01:08
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Re: External CD-RW
As far as I know most USB 2.0 devices will slow to the 1.0 standard. You just often get helpful waring messages saying it will run faster on USB 2
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PCMIA card : http://kryton.clickandbuild.com/cnb/...dCategoryID=23
found via a google, not a recommendationbut proves they are available.
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29-06-2005, 01:08
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Re: External CD-RW
This is the trouble with online shopping - not one of the websites I've checked give any useful purchasing information. No idea about e-commerce at all.
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29-06-2005, 01:13
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Re: External CD-RW
Try this, again found by google, so not a recommendation, but says it will work on USB 1 as well as USB2:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...428572-9327014 (oh and not linked to via the CF site  )
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29-06-2005, 01:17
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Re: External CD-RW
you should try www.scan.co.uk if you select a product you can ask questions online
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29-06-2005, 01:23
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Re: External CD-RW
Thanks MGP - least I know that the products exist and that I'm not searching for the Holy Grail 
It's my mother - splashed out £400 on a digital camera and printer. She asked about storing pictures and I thought I'd get her a drive for her laptop. Her desktop PC is an old Pentium - no USB ports at all  Back in them days it was all serial and parallel 
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30-06-2005, 00:37
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Re: External CD-RW
Speed on USB1 will be pretty miserable 8-10x is the theoretical maximum, but 4-6x is more likely, especially if other demands are made on USB.
If the achievable speed is below the drive minimum (8x for some) then it'l be in and out of burnproof recovery all the time!
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30-06-2005, 01:37
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Re: External CD-RW
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Originally Posted by Matth
Speed on USB1 will be pretty miserable 8-10x is the theoretical maximum, but 4-6x is more likely, especially if other demands are made on USB.
If the achievable speed is below the drive minimum (8x for some) then it'l be in and out of burnproof recovery all the time!
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I have a pioneer 108 and a liteon,yes there internal but I never and I repeat never burn audio cds over 8 speed so I do not see a problem.Spose a usb 2 card bus could be added??
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03-07-2005, 22:45
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Re: External CD-RW
I'd also recommend finding the "external enclosures thread" at club.cdfreaks.com - not that it would matter for CD-R, but many enclosures have problems with full DVD speed, while some enclosure chipsets are sorely in need of a hard to find firmware update.
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