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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)?
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To: FuzzFace who wrote (42128)1/3/1998 12:04:00 PM
From: AreWeThereYet  Read Replies (1) of 58324
 
Edwin

CD-RW is actually a good portable media and backup solution but they target for different market segment. The drive cost similar to a CDR about $350 to $400, media is around $18 to $22 each for 650MB. You are right on that it is slow, 300k/s write and 600 to 900k/s read. However having a CDR or CD-RW or CDR mean you have reliable backup good for 30 years or more. It also means you can compile your own music CD or even VCD. CD-RW is forward compatible with any multi-read device which all new DVD-ROM are. No doubt it will replaced by DVD-RAM in the future but it won't happen until 1999. The first generation of DVD-RAM will not able to write CD-DA and CDR which is a big drawback.

One problem of CD-RW is that current OS has no native support of UDF but this will change when everyone has Win98. By that time you can use your CD-RW as simple as a floppy drive. Also many users has new multi-read enable CD-ROM will able to read (but no write) the CD-RW and all CDR. Pretty good compatibility.

BTW, CDR is indeed a write-once media but with packet writing you can add or delete (hidden) data onto it incrementally until you fully used the 650MB. So it is not bad consider a CDR cost $1.50 to $3.00. This is the amount which most people don't mind to give-away. But of course for portable storage and data transfer, I will like to use Zip, LS120, Jaz, SparQ type of device :o)

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