What is the best CD-RW drive for an Amiga 2000HD?

[iamaboringperson]

DoomMaster wrote:
I am putting together a 3rd Amiga 2000HD.  This one will have Kickstart 3.1 and Workbench 3.9.  I am using an A2091 SCSI Controller card with the 7.0 Boot ROMs and the revision 08 Western Digital Controller IC.  I would like to include a CD-RW drive.  What do you recommend?     :-o

Firstly I would recommend you upgrade to a faster SCSI controler, one that is cabable of the high speeds of modern CD-RW drives, the A2091 is probably the slowest and is certainly not recomended for CD writing.
http://www.amiga-hardware.com/a2091.html
Stop barracking for old Commodore products from the 80's, when there are obviously better, faster, more upgradable products from other developers made in more modern times.
I would also reccomend that you upgrade the CPU to somthing that can handle the speed, unless you want to write at slow speeds(1x or perhaps 2x) you will need an 040, or 060, CD writing requires alot of CPU cycles.

[iamaboringperson]

Cyberus wrote:
I think a good solution would be the AdSCSI controller from ICD, www.icd.com

It is relatively cheap, probably good speeds, and can be ordered new from them

The AdSCSI is a TOY!! It's JUNK!!! You need to get a real controller like the A2091!!!! :-D

[iamaboringperson]

@DoomMaster
(Some more questions)

I already have a Seagate 10,000 RPM fan-cooled hard drive just for my OS 3.9 Amiga 2000HD system. I also have Commodore's high quality 68030 board. It blows the doors off the 040 to 060 boards in quality and reliability! The custom Chips in my new Amiga 2000HD are military grade ICs, even the two 8520s are military grade. I am looking for military grade quality 256k X 4 DRAM memory ICs and I am willing to pay the price to get them.

That hard disk drive sounds awful nice! Did you notice that the connectors on it don't fit the ones on your A2091 board? Do you really believe that you are getting the full potential out of the HDD here?
Could you just tell us in specific technical terms why you believe the Commodore '030 card is better than '040 and '060? Is there anything in particular that users of these other cards should be aware of?
Can you tell us the specific problems(if any)?
Also, these mill. spec. chips you have:
Did you say that the millitary grade custom chips came with your Amiga? If you installed them yourself, from where did you get them? How would we be able to find mill. spec. chips for our Amiga's?
Why do you suppose Commodore would make such chips?
What do you have to gain from mill. spec. hardware in your A2000?
Are there any specific markings on the chips that identify them as being mill. spec. ?

If you are able DoomMaster, I(and I'm sure many others) would really appreciate it if you could take some pictures of the inside of your A2000 to show us in clear detail the chips on the motherboard of your A2000. If you could show us, that would be really nice, thanks.

[iamaboringperson]

a 1 megaton EMP

:lol:

[iamaboringperson]

@"DoomMaster"
Got a URL to back up what you are saying?
Because from what I've read in the past, it sounds like BS.

[iamaboringperson]

@lorddef
:lol:

Okay enough of these annoying threads and I'll stop the annoying posts in them.

NOOOOOOO! Don't stop!!! My life is lousy with out this kind of ####

[iamaboringperson]

:lol:
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[iamaboringperson]

Hmmm....I dunno, from what I've seen there 'ARE"
actually chips with purplish bodies and gold
pins, so what's the difference then?!?

They're just ceramic versions, they don't actually last longer.
Many Amiga's are much older than 7 years, heck, some older than 15, they still work. I have a computer from 1979 that still works - no ceramic chips in it.

Maybe
DoomMaster is on to something here guys...I for
one would like an explanation. And DoomMaster
is right - gold 'does conduct better..

Better than what? The main advantage of gold is that it is resistant to corrosion.
Copper conducts better than gold.
Silver conducts better than gold.

People who buy cables with gold connectors thinking conduct better are fooling themselves.
Utimatly cables would be made of silver(or perhaps selenium, which is light dependant), or even better a really cold super-conducter.

[iamaboringperson]

@Karlos

You're right about the higher frequency transmitting along the outer edges of the cable, however with your OFC cables there is no gold on the cable itself. The gold is only on the connector.

I buy OFC cables with gold plated connectors(the connectors are usually made of steel or aluminium), but there is alot of hype in the cable industry - I don't believe half the crap interconnect manufacturers tell us. Mostly hype.
On the other hand, I have been able to tell the difference in audio quality between different cables.
:-)

[iamaboringperson]

@all

(I do have a better reference in a book somewhere)
These IC gradings are for temperature tolorance.
They have nothing to do with how long they will last, except under extreem circumstances.
IC's with plastic housing will last just as long as those with ceramic housing.
I'm still trying to find more decent info. on the web, however the following link might be of assistance for now:
http://www.acq.osd.mil/es/dut/ic/sect2.htm

(notice the top level domain)

[iamaboringperson]

Here's another link. I think you're ment to guess what the letters on the left side of the table stand for (under "Temperature Ranges").