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To: wily who wrote (9145)	10/24/1999 12:25:00 PM
From: Bruce Hoyt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

CD RW question for anyone: I'm looking at buying the new very portable CDRW HP M820 E external drive for use with my notebook and desktop PC. It comes with a PCMCIA card connection so that's OK for the notebook but it also says that for desktop connection you need "optional use with a SCSI-2 host adapter that is WinASPI compatible and has an external SCSI connection; external cable required." Anybody know anything about this type of host adapter or where you get one? I've got SCSI peripherals already but its not clear to me what I need to connect this drive into the daisy chain. Thanks, Bruce

To: wily who wrote (9145)	10/24/1999 6:02:00 PM
From: wily	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Expected in November wired.com Combo Players Do CD and DVD by Andy Patrizio 2:15 p.m. 21.Oct.99.PDT Here's a merger that most PC owners won't disagree with -- the first players that can solve all of their CD and DVD needs. Many high-end PCs have been coming with two drives for the past year; one CD rewritable (CD-RW) drive, and one DVD drive. By combining the CD-RW laser diode with the DVD-ROM/CD-ROM reader into one unit, Ricoh and Toshiba free up a drive bay and drive connection. "This is the next logical step of integration in the CD-ROM and DVD marketplace," said Wolfgang Schlichting, research manager for removable storage research at International Data Corp., in Framingham, Massachusetts. "Now consumers don't have to make a choice between recordability and being able to play back DVD titles." "The major benefit to the consumer is saving the bay space," said Takayuki Kuroshima, marketing and business development manager at Ricoh's Disc Media and Systems Center in Tustin, California. The combo unit lets people support CD-ROM while being ready for future DVD-ROM growth, he said. Having two drives in the PC has its advantages if you want to do CD copying, said Schlichting, but an all-in-one unit makes more sense. "I predict many of the current DVD-ROM and CD-RW players will offer a combo product and it will be a popular next step in extending the [optical storage] product line," said Schlichting. The Ricoh drive is the same size as a standard DVD or CD player, and can read DVDs at 4X speed and CD-ROMs at 24X speed. The drive can also write CDs at 6X speed, and can rewrite at 4X speed. The Toshiba SD-R1002 is similar in its specifications. The drive writes at 4X speed for both CD-R and CD-RW, reads CD-ROM discs at 24X speed, and reads DVD-ROM discs at 4X speed. Ricoh is expected to ship the unit in November with a retail price of about US$500. The players will be available in PCs from Compaq, Dell, and Gateway, and will also be sold by resellers like CompUSA, said Kuroshima. The kit will include an internal ATAPI drive with CD-writing software and blank media, but unlike most DVD players that use hardware to accelerate the playback of video, it uses slower MPEG-2 decoding software. Toshiba has a similar plan -- a drive for PCs and an upgrade kit that will ship in late November. Suggested list price of the SD-R1002 kit will be less than $400.

To: wily who wrote (9145)	11/5/1999 7:46:00 AM
From: The Devil Dog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

Good morning to all,a problem for the much wiser and informed than me ;o) I have a problem and do not know where to start looking. I have a property that I need to get communications to. My first problem is there is no phone or power within 3/4 - 1 mile of the spot I want to build a cabin. Cellular is too expensive in my opinion to be connected for 8 hours a day ( I trade everyday). I will be using solar power to power any communication equipment. I am able to get a hard wire land line to the edge of the property (which is extensively treed and multiple hill/ridges, in other words its not flat and open ;o). Is there a type of wireless communication that can broadcast a signal that last mile from a base unit? I have considered running a underground cable (plenty of time and money to do that, which would then would allow me to run hughs satelite and again costly) (would consider installing two towers with antennas if that was a solution) Any and all your thoughts from you all would be very much appreciated. Best Regards WB