[1394] Are most FW cd-rw drives EIDE on the inside?

[Kunga]

Sorry for the delayed reply. I don't look at this list's folder very 
often because it is not used by many very often. The part about 
canceling your order for other burn software may be too late.

Yes they are all IDE inside except for a small number of SCSI writers 
from the late 90's.

Most all IDE burners are now built with the MMC-3 standard that Roxio 
Toast works with. You can throw any MMC-3 compatible IDE burner into a 
FW case and be working with Toast right away. If you don't have Toast, 
and can wait until September for Toast 6 which will have DVD, VCD and 
SVCD authoring built into it, you will save the upgrade cost OR maybe 
it will be a free upgrade for buyers of Toast 5 now. In any event, you 
must forget about that esoteric software you are wasting your money on, 
try and stop the order or refuse delivery and get Toast for your 
burner. It is the only way to burn on a Mac IMHO.

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On Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at 08:38  AM, Rick Castillo wrote:

> What is this difference?  I know that ide transfers data at 7800 KB/S 
> and firewire moves it at 400 mbs.  What I want to know is,
>
> How much more will I pay for a true Firewire CD-RW?
> Is there such a thing?
> Who makes them?