Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 00:26:51 +0200 (MET DST) From: Mattias Pantzare <pantzer@ludd.luth.se> To: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.COM> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: h/w requirements for CD-R writing? Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960803002358.8761A-100000@father.ludd.luth.se> In-Reply-To: <199608022009.NAA14408@saguaro.flyingfox.com>
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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.
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