Hi Nick,

    From my personal experience dealing with IDE CDRs, you will have better
performance by assigning it as a master.  Also, unless you need to make
direct copies of CDs, an IDE CDR does the trick.  Just remember to have 650
MB free for your ISO image.  I own a Mitsumi 2x6, and have no complaints.
As for the SCSI adapter, yes you can have an additional one along with the
proprietary adapter for your scanner.  But, if you decide to go the SCSI
route, use your new adapter for both the CDR and scanner and save yourself
an expansion slot and an IRQ.

Dale Frazee
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Torraca <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, February 09, 1998 8:41 PM


>I would like to add a CD writer to my Pentium system. I already have an IDE
>CD rom and an IDE zip drive on my second IDE interface. On my primary IDE
>interface, I have 2 hard drives, soon to be replaced by a single hard
drive,
>freeing up the slave channel. Can I have a CD writer as a slave to a hard
>drive? Or should I look for a scsi CD writer? Which brings me to the next
>question: Can I add another scsi card to my system which already has a
>proprietary scsi card for my scanner? What's the best way to go? It looks
>like there is a far greater selection of IDE CD writers. Thank You!
>
>
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