SCSI vs. IDE From PC Magazine
"Traditionally, recordable CD technology has been a SCSI-only game. You had to install a SCSI host adapter in your machine to connect a CD-R drive. SCSI-base drives still predominate, but nearly every vendor also offers IDE-base recordable, and parallel-port models( such as the HP unit tested in this roundup) have begun to appear as well.
SCSI-base drive are generally MORE VERSATILE and RELIABLE than IDE-base models. We found IDE drives more prone to BUFFER UNDERRUNS, in which the buffer runs out of data to record and ABORT THE RECORDING.- meaning to have to start again with fresh disk.
Our testing also revealed that with recordable CD DRIVES, YOU MUST HAVE a SCSI CD-ROm drive in order to successfully copy CDs. And all recordable CD drives REQUIRE A SCSI drive to make HIGH QUALITY reproductions of audio Cds. When we used an IDE-CD-ROM dive(COMMON in MOST PCs) CD copies OFTEN DID NOT WORK, and audio CDs were full of POPS, HISSES and OTHER ILL-SOUNDING ARTIFACTS."
"ADAPTEC's CD spin doctor, part of EASY CD CREATOR DELUXE, makes creating audio CDs from old LPs as easy as 1,2,3.
DELL uses APAPTEC SCSI, HP uses EDI, We wonder why DELL can sell more computer than HP.!
GO ADPT. Good luck everybody! |
