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Technology Stocks : CD-R/RW and DVD Forum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (9)	10/5/1998 2:39:00 PM
From: The Devil Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 40

Hi Rocky Utilizing packet writing is obviously a downfall, so what does one do to maximize the space on the CD. I have had numerous CD's burned for me and they always told me to not exceed 630 MB. What were they doing different when transferring files. Best Regards WB

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (9)	11/25/1998 3:25:00 PM
From: Retiarius	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 40

drag-and-drop to CD-RW still unavailable for macintosh? "random erase" with fixed packets, enabling intuitive file write & erase operations to UDF 1.5 volumes, was rumored to exist via: - MacOS itself - Adaptec DirectCD 2.0 - other third party drivers yet, MacOS 8.5 came and went with read-only UDF 1.5, adaptec is totally mum on whether DirectCD 2.0 will ever make it to the macintosh, and firms like Software Architects claim ignorance about mac drivers for other than DVD-RAM. in addition (as i too use a yamaha 4260 / apple combination), drivemakers themselves don't seem to feel responsible for providing this software. since much content is developed on apple equipment, quicktime or otherwise, i find it hard to believe that the market is too small here, as millions of increasingly interchangeable erasable CDs approach $5, readable on any iMac... please feel welcome to post here any industry gossip about timetables for enabling such a basic function.