[Info-vax] Compatible DVDs

P. Sture paul.nospam at sture.ch
Fri Sep 25 13:06:32 EDT 2009


In article 
<b7df47bd-77d4-44fc-8cfc-b56c7fc41db3 at f10g2000vbf.googlegroups.com>,
 John Wallace <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> JF, where did you get that description for the Proliant (44789-B21)
> drive? It confirms my suspicions (starting with the Proliant
> quickspecs) that the drive in question will write CDs but is read-only
> for DVDs, which may not be what Mr Santos wants.

Certainly in the Apple world, the term Combo means precisely that - 
read/write for CDs and read only for DVDs. I resorted to an external DVD
writer to get around that limitation (Firewire and nicely swift if you 
chuck large files at it).

-- 
Paul Sture



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