Jeffery Small wrote:
> Has anyone had any experience with the SurfSTOR DVD/CD Writer and the
> SurfBURNER GUI software that is shipped with it? This is a bundled
> package offered by Partners Data Systems, Inc.
>
> http://www.partnersdata.com/cgi-bin/...ion=sun&id=406
>
> I am thinking of getting one of these drives to replace the internal
> DVD Reader currently in my SunFire V250 system and would be interested
> in hearing about any experiences you may have had with this product or
> company.
>
> Thanks.

It's odd where it says:

> External model has Wide LVD SCSI Interface
> Internal model has ATAPI Interface

I image that is a bit restrictive for many. I could be tempted to fit on
*inside* my U80, but not a lot of use if its only ATAPI.

Dave writes:

>Jeffery Small wrote:
>> Has anyone had any experience with the SurfSTOR DVD/CD Writer and the
>> SurfBURNER GUI software that is shipped with it? This is a bundled
>> package offered by Partners Data Systems, Inc.
>>
>> http://www.partnersdata.com/cgi-bin/...ion=sun&id=406
>>
>> I am thinking of getting one of these drives to replace the internal
>> DVD Reader currently in my SunFire V250 system and would be interested
>> in hearing about any experiences you may have had with this product or
>> company.
>>
>> Thanks.

>It's odd where it says:

> > External model has Wide LVD SCSI Interface
> > Internal model has ATAPI Interface

>I image that is a bit restrictive for many. I could be tempted to fit on
>*inside* my U80, but not a lot of use if its only ATAPI.

The existing DVD Reader in the SunFire V250 is currently an ATAPI/IDE drive
so replacing it with this internal drive should be a simple swap. On the
U80 you probably only have a SCSI bus. Is there some other limitation with
the IDE interface that I should be aware of in my case?

Regards,
--
Jeff

Jeffery Small wrote:

> The existing DVD Reader in the SunFire V250 is currently an ATAPI/IDE drive
> so replacing it with this internal drive should be a simple swap. On the
> U80 you probably only have a SCSI bus. Is there some other limitation with
> the IDE interface that I should be aware of in my case?

IDE is quite dum, so you need the CPU to do more work when accessing the units
and fetch the data.


//Aho