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DISCLAIMER : While I attempt to ensure that the information here is accurate, neither myself, nor anyone else listed below, can be held responsible for the validity of this information. If you are using this information to decide on a particular CD-ROM then I suggest you download the appropriate software and try it on the drive first. Remember, most of the information here was given to me from other people, and I can't verify it all myself.
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MAKE MODEL DATA/DA I/F # DA SC SOFTWARE OTHER INFO
Acer 655A ATAPI N -------------- Acer CD-743E ATAPI N -------------- Acer CD-747E 4 ATAPI 1 N DAT-----W----- Acer CD-767E 6 ATAPI N --------W----- Acer CD-787E/S 8 ATAPI 1 N DAT---2-W----- Acer 685A 8 ATAPI 1 N D---R-2---OK-X Acer 910E 10 ATAPI 3 N D-----2-W-O--X ALPS Elec DC544C 4 ATAPI 1 N -------------X Reads, but gives garbage Apple CD300+ 2 SCSI Y -------------- Aztech 268-03I 2 PROP 1 N D--I--2N------ Aztech CDA468-01I 4 ATAPI 1 N N D---R--------- Aztech CDA668-01I 6 ATAPI 4 N DA-IR-2---OK-- Aztech CDA868-01I 8 1 ATAPI 1 J N D--I---------- Chinon CD-435 1 N D------------- Chinon CDX-535 2 N ---I---------- Creative CD620E 6 ATAPI 4 N N DA-I--R-W-O--X Dolphin 8001 2 ATAPI 1 N ---I----WLOK+- Goldstar GCD-R540B 4 <1 ATAPI 2 Y D--I--R-W----- Goldstar GCD-R542B 4 ATAPI 5 J N D--I---------X Goldstar GCD-R560(?)6 ATAPI 1 Y .--I---------- Goldstar GCD-R580B 8 2 ATAPI 5 Y DATIRC2---OK-- *Some* units produce too much jitter to be corrected Hitachi CDR-3600/3700/3750/6700/6750 N -------------- Hitachi 7730 4 ATAPI 9 J DATIR---WL---X Sometimes works, sometimes doesn't Hitachi 7830 7 ATAPI 2 J DA-IR-2-W-O--- Output screeches. Unusable Hitachi 7930 8 4 ATAPI 3 J DA-IR-2-W-O--- DAC *may* correct the jitter with this drive HP 4020i Y -------------- IBM 760ED 4 1 N DA--R---W----- Reads, but produces garbage LiteOn LTN126A 12 ATAPI 1 J D------------- Mitsumi FX001D 2 3 N DATI--2-W----- Mitsumi FX001DE 2 ATAPI 1 N ---I--2------- Mitsumi FX400 4 ATAPI 4 N DAT-RC2---O--X Mitsumi LU005 1 PROP 3 N Y D-----2------X Mitsumi FX600 6 ATAPI 2 N ----R-2------- Mitsumi FX800 8 ATAPI 6 Y D.--R---W-O--X Appears to work best with READCDA/CD-COPY Mitsumi FX120T 12 ATAPI 1-2Y .---.-----O--- Mitsumi FX1200 12 2 ATAPI 1 Y D------------- (Result obtained using /95ATAPI under Win95) NEC 3Xi/3Xe 3 1 SCSI 2 Y D-------.----- NEC 3Xp 3 1 SCSI 1 Y D------------- NEC 4Xi Y SCSI 1 Y D------------- NEC 6Xi/6Xe 6 SCSI 1 Y D.---------K-- NEC 6V 6 <1 ATAPI 1 Y Y D-------O----- NEC CDR-74-1 SCSI Y -------------- NEC CDR-84-1 SCSI Y -------------- NEC CDR-602 1 Y -------N------ NEC CDR-251 4x4 ATAPI 2 J D--I----W-OK-- NEC CDR-260R 2 1 ATAPI 2 Y D-------W-O--. Problems with Linux probably due to old kernel NEC 251 4 ATAPI 1 J D-----2------- NEC 271 4 ATAPI Y -------------- NEC 272 4 ATAPI 2 J Y DA----2-W----X Jitter problems under DOS, fine with Linux NEC 273 4 ATAPI 3 Y Y DA--R---W----. NEC CDR-502 1 2 Y DATIRC2NWL---X Panasonic CD220E 2 ATAPI 1 N N D--I--2------- Panasonic 504j 4 SCSI2 N D------------- Panasonic 584j SCSI Y DA--R--------- Panasonic CR503B 2 SCSI 1 Y -A----.------. Panasonic CR506B 8 8 SCSI 2 Y ..TIR-2-W----- Panasonic CR562B/563 2 2 PROP 7 Y D--I-------K-- Panasonic CR574B 4 ATAPI 2 N D-----2------- Try /block 26 /overlap 8 Panasonic CR572B 2 Y -------------- Panasonic CR571 2 ATAPI 1 J ----R--------- Panasonic CR581 4 4 ATAPI 2 Y ----R------K-- Panasonic CR581B 4 ATAPI 2 Y DA-I---------- Panasonic CR581M 4 ATAPI 1 Y DA------W-O--- May require /NJC... Panasonic SQ-TC500N 5x4 1 N ----R--------X Panasonic CR583 8 1 ATAPI 3 Y DA--R---W----- Panasonic CR583B 8 1 ATAPI 1 Y -A--.-2-.----- Panasonic CR583J 8 1 Y D---------..-- Panasonic CR584 12 12 ATAPI 2 Y D---R--------- Very low levels of jitter. Panasonic LF1000 4 SCSI 1 Y D...R---.-..-- This is the PD rewritable optical drive Philips CM205 PROP N -------------- Philips CDD522 SCSI Y -------------- Philips CDD2000 2/4 SCSI 3 C D.------------ Philips CDD2600 3 SCSI 1 Y D-----2------- Philips PCA52CR 5 ATAPI 2 N D--I--2N------ Philips PCA62CR 2 N D------------- Philips PCA80SC 8 SCSI 1 N D--I--2---O--- Pinnacle 5040i 4 SCSI 1 Y D------------- Pioneer DR-UA124X 4 2 ATAPI 3 C D DATIR--NWL---X Pioneer DR-UP124X 4 ATAPI 2 N DA-I----.----- Apparently works under Win95 only... Pioneer DR-U10X 10 10 SCSI 4 Y D--I.-----OK-- Doesn't appear to work via MSCDEX Pioneer DR-U104X 4 SCSI ? -------------- I've heard varying reports on this one... Pioneer DR-U124X 4.4 4 SCSI 2 Y DA-.--2-.----X Pioneer DR-U12X 12 12 SCSI 1 Y -------------- Works with WinDAC/Pioneer CD Tools Pioneer DR-US124X 4 SCSI 1 Y D---.-.-.----- Pioneer DR-433 10 SCSI 1 N D......-.----- Pioneer DR-A10X 10 10 ATAPI 2 Y D-----2------- Pioneer DR-A12X 12 10 ATAPI 4 Y DA--R---2-O--X Plextor PX-43CS 4 SCSI 2 Y Y ---.---------- Works with WinDAC Plextor PX-43CH 4 SCSI 1 Y D------------- Reads DA at over 2.5x speed Plextor PX-63CS 6 6 SCSI 3-2 Y D-T.------.---. Reduce to quad speed for jitterless operation Plextor PX-8XCS 8 8 SCSI 1 C Y D------------X Plextor PX-12TSi 12 8 SCSI 2 C D---------.--- Also works with WinDAC Reveal ???????? 2 Y D------------- Ricoh 1420 SCSI-2 1 Y -------------- works with CDCLIP Samsung SCR630 ATAPI 1 Y --------W----- Samsung SCR631 4 ATAPI 1 Y DA------------ Samsung SCR830 8 8? ATAPI 7 ? DA-IR---W-O--X May work, may not. I suspect its revision-dependent Sanyo 254s N DA--R--------- Sanyo CDR256P 6 ATAPI 2 N D---R------K-- Sony CDU-311 8 ATAPI 3 Y DA--.---W----- Some conflicting reports on DA2WAV results Sony CDU-31A 2 PROP Y -------------- Sony CDU-55S 2 SCSI 1 N ----------O--- Sony CDU-50E 2 ATAPI 1 Y -A-IR---W----- Sony CDU-561 2 SCSI 1 N Y D--I--2N------ Didn't work with old version of Linux reader Sony CDU-7205 1 PROP 1 N DA-I--2-WL---- Sony CDU-76S 2 Y D-------.----- Sony CDU-76E 4 1 ATAPI 1 Y N -------------X Sony CDU-77E 4 4 ATAPI 3 Y D DA--R---W----- Varied results with DA2WAV Sony CSD-880E 8 8 ATAPI Y D---R---W----- 6 speed with CD-Creator, 1-2x most others Sony CDU-33A 2 PROP 1 Y ------2------- Sony CU-33A 2 PROP 1 Y DA--R---W----- Sony CUE55E 4 ATAPI 5 Y DATIR-2----.-- Sony 920S Y -------------- Teac 40E 2 ATAPI Y D---------.--- Teac 44E 4 <1 ATAPI 2 Y D------------- Teac 46E 6 ATAPI 1 Y -------------X Hopelessly slow Teac CD-55A 2 N D---R---W----- Teac CD-56E 6 <1 ATAPI7-1 Y .A.IR-.-.----X Varying results. Teac CD-56S 6 1 SCSI 3 N DATIRC2------- Teac CD-58E 8 <1 ATAPI 4 Y 1 DATIRC2------X Extremely slow (Better with CDDA under Win95?) Teac CD-512EK 12 ATAPI 1 Y D------------- Apparently it's fast... Torisan CDR-S1G 4 ATAPI 1 J N D--.R..-..---. Apparently gives a .WAV file that screeches Toshiba 3501 Y -------------- Toshiba XM-1202B 1 1 Y D------------- Reads at single speed Toshiba 2150CDT 4 Y ---I---------- Toshiba TMX-3401 Y --------W----- Toshiba FX-810T 8 ATAPI 1 N -A------------ Toshiba XM-3101 N -------------- Toshiba XM-3301 N -------------- Toshiba XM-3401TA 2 1 SCSI 3 Y N D-----2-W----X Toshiba XM-3501B 1 Y ------2------- F/W LA50708 ok, F/W LA50402 bad Toshiba XM-3601B 1 SCSI 1 Y D------------- Reads at single speed, requires jitter correction Toshiba XM-3701B 6.7 1 SCSI2 3 Y DA.---2-W----- Toshiba XM-3701TA 6.7 SCSI2 1 Y D---.-----.--- Toshiba XM-3801B 15 SCSI2 1 Y D------------- Toshiba XM-4101B 4 1 SCSI 1 Y DA..RC2------- Toshiba XM-4101TA 1 N ------2------- Works for short saves only Toshiba XM-5301B SCSI 2 Y DA------------ Toshiba XM-5301TA 4 SCSI 1 Y D------------- Toshiba XM-5302B 4 ATAPI 2 Y D------------- Toshiba XM-5302TA 4 ATAPI 1 Y Y DA------------ Toshiba XM-5401TA 4 SCSI 2 Y -------------X +CDCOPY Toshiba XM-5401B 4 SCSI 1 Y D.----2------- Toshiba XM-5402B 4 1 ATAPI 2 Y D-----.------X Toshiba XM-5402TA 4 2 ATAPI Y Y DATIRD--..---- Toshiba XM-5502TA 6 ~1 ATAPI 4 Y D---R-2-W-O--- < 1x under Linux, > 1x under DOS Toshiba XM-5602B 8 ~1 ATAPI 2 Y Y .---R-.-.----- Toshiba XM-5701B 12 SCSI 1 Y N -------------- Works with WinDAC Toshiba XM-5702B 12 2 ATAPI 1 Y D---R-----O--- Vertos 400 4 ATAPI 1 N ----------OK-- Wearnes CDD-1220 ? 3 ? 1 Y ----R--------- Wearnes CDD-1020 10 ATAPI 1 Y N D-TI---------- Yamaha CDR100 2 2 Y --------------
Last updated on 4/3/1997