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From: Mattias Pantzare <pantzer@ludd.luth.se>
To: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.COM>
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Subject: Re: h/w requirements for CD-R writing?
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On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Jim Shankland wrote:

> Is a single NCR53C810 SCSI host adapter sufficient for CD-ROM writing,
> or will I need a second SCSI host adapter, so that one reads the
> disk while the other writes the CD-ROM?  I understand that there are
> real-time constraints when writing CD-R's, but on the other hand,
> they're only writing at 300 KB/s, and they have 1 or 2 MB of cache ....

That is sufficient!! I have done CD writing on a 486SX with a 1542 ISA 
SCSI card, a 5 1/4 SCSI drive and HP 4020i writing at 300KB/s. No problem...

Remember, this is SCSI, not IDE.