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Date:	Sun, 13 Jun 2004 17:58:58 PDT7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: dvd writer recommendation

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butch@fyrelizard.com wrote:

> In the past few years I've burned an enormous number of cd-r's. I've
> always purchased them at the lowest price available, which is generally
> $0.00 after rebate. During the last couple of months I've noticed the
> $0.00 c0st after rebate isn't being offered. My thought is perhaps the
> powers that be want the users that be to switch to the dvd format. The
> cd-r format is still viable, but if one were thinking of adding the dvd
> write hardware to one's configuration, what are the recommendations for
> good dvd writers in the os/2 -- eCS format?

I've been banging my head against the wall trying to get a DVD-burner to work
under OS/2. It is a major brand (Pioneer) but not on the list of those
explicitly supported by IBM | OS/2. You might well do yourself a favor by
getting one that **is** mentioned as being supported by OS/2, such as the
Sony DRU-500. (I probably would not go back and make the change anyway,
because, for a lot of what I want to do, the app.s & tools only exist in that
_other_ platform, which has no problem with most anything you happen to buy.)

Where is the list of which I speak ? I've been pouring over so much
documentation this weekend, over and over again, that I no longer recall.
But it was probably in the Docs for some of the following: DANIATAPI, RSJ
(the commercial CD & DVD burning program), OS2CDROM, or ______ (?) One of
the needed drivers, I think. RSJ has its own supported hardware issues, but
they may be more pliable than the whole driver mess.

Jordan

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