[Coco] Re: Emulator problems

KnudsenMJ at aol.com KnudsenMJ at aol.com
Wed Sep 1 00:13:06 EDT 2004


In a message dated 8/31/04 9:58:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, twixt at cstone.net 
writes:

> Well, how old is "old" ? That's probably the main problem, and I have
>  been intending to upgrade to DVD with CD-RW, CD-R, audio CD and CD-ROM
>  compatibility anyway. In 1999 my system was new. No, I never tried a
>  CD-R in it before. 

One measure of how old your CD-ROM drive is, is its "X" number.  If it's less 
than 12X, it may be too old to read CD-R and CD-R/W disks.

FWIW, music CD-Rs often won't play in older CD players, either.  The 
light/dark ratio between 0 spots and 1 spots is less in the writable media.

Anyway, you'll love having a DC-R/W drive, or even DVD read.  My system is 
only a 433 MHz Celeron, and it can play DVD movies (running right on the edge).
--Mike K.




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