18 Jun
2002
18 Jun
'02
4:55 p.m.
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Jeff Hellige wrote:
Which model is it? I think the CDD2000 was one of
thier first CD-R
drives. It's a standard HH SCSI drive, unlike older Sony drives that
were rather large proprietary units. My guess is that they weren't
quite as fast to release a CD-R to market as they were with CD-ROMs?
Weren't they one of the original developers of the CD-ROM? I still
have a CDD2000 as well as continue to use one of their Omniwriter's.
The model printed on the front of the unit is CDD 521, and has a sticker
on the cd tray with the printing 'CDD521 upgraded'. It is an external
drive, and looks very much like a component-style cd player. A sticker on
the rear of the unit states 'Type: CDD521/10', and shows it was made in
Aug 1993.
Philips was indeed the original developer of the compact disc. Going OT a
little again, that is one of the reasons they are currently quite unhappy
with the "copy protected" (defective) cds various record companies are
marketing to unsuspecting consumers.
-Toth