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> older Plextor drives, which CD-ROM preservationists have the ability to acquire, although they are quite pricey How could such a drive be identified? Is ther

by 1wd 7y ago

> older Plextor drives, which CD-ROM preservationists have the ability to acquire, although they are quite pricey How could such a drive be identified? Is there an exact model? How pricey are they?

noonespecial 7y ago
>How pricey are they? Hopefully not very. I used to work at a CD duplication place and we had 100's of them in giant robotic duplicator towers. They were the drive of choice for exactly these sorts of capabilities. When we closed down I pitched them all into the dumpster because at the time I couldn't even get $5 each for them on ebay. It would hurt to discover that they are now a rare and expensive find!
einr 7y ago
From https://github.com/saramibreak/DiscImageCreator https://github.com/saramibreak/DiscImageCreator: PX-760, PX-755, PX-716, PX-714, PX-712, PX-708, PX-704, Premium2, Premium, PX-W5224, PX-4824, PX-4012 I don't believe this is an exhaustive list, Plextor had a lot of good models back in the day. You'll want to look at older, true Plextor models, all SCSI or ATAPI. Once SATA rolled around they'd started rebadging drives from other manufacturers that do not have the same capabilities (or quality) Depending on the model you're looking at maybe $50-$150 on eBay, which is pricy for a used old CD-ROM drive but not a lot of money for someone who really needs one. The Premium/Premium2 models in particular are sought after by audio professionals and (used to) get quite pricy.
- aidenn0 7y ago
  $50 isn't that pricey. Similar to the cost of a new BD-ROM drive. I was imagining a lot more from TFA. What's a good way to hook up an ATAPI drive to a modern computer? I'm curious if mine still works.
  - markrages 7y ago
    It's just an IDE interface. You can buy USB or PCI-express adapters for $20 or so.
    - aidenn0 7y ago
      FWIW not all USB/IDE adapters support ATAPI (I have one that does not). Looks like there are plenty available that do though.
jumpingmice 7y ago
I was briefly excited to see this in the article but it looks like these are $10-$30 on ebay, still not worth putting them in a box and mailing them around.

by 1wd 7y ago

> older Plextor drives, which CD-ROM preservationists have the ability to acquire, although they are quite pricey How could such a drive be identified? Is there an exact model? How pricey are they?

noonespecial 7y ago

>How pricey are they? Hopefully not very. I used to work at a CD duplication place and we had 100's of them in giant robotic duplicator towers. They were the drive of choice for exactly these sorts of capabilities. When we closed down I pitched them all into the dumpster because at the time I couldn't even get $5 each for them on ebay. It would hurt to discover that they are now a rare and expensive find!

einr 7y ago

From https://github.com/saramibreak/DiscImageCreator https://github.com/saramibreak/DiscImageCreator: PX-760, PX-755, PX-716, PX-714, PX-712, PX-708, PX-704, Premium2, Premium, PX-W5224, PX-4824, PX-4012 I don't believe this is an exhaustive list, Plextor had a lot of good models back in the day. You'll want to look at older, true Plextor models, all SCSI or ATAPI. Once SATA rolled around they'd started rebadging drives from other manufacturers that do not have the same capabilities (or quality) Depending on the model you're looking at maybe $50-$150 on eBay, which is pricy for a used old CD-ROM drive but not a lot of money for someone who really needs one. The Premium/Premium2 models in particular are sought after by audio professionals and (used to) get quite pricy.

aidenn0 7y ago
$50 isn't that pricey. Similar to the cost of a new BD-ROM drive. I was imagining a lot more from TFA. What's a good way to hook up an ATAPI drive to a modern computer? I'm curious if mine still works.
- markrages 7y ago
  It's just an IDE interface. You can buy USB or PCI-express adapters for $20 or so.
  - aidenn0 7y ago
    FWIW not all USB/IDE adapters support ATAPI (I have one that does not). Looks like there are plenty available that do though.

jumpingmice 7y ago

I was briefly excited to see this in the article but it looks like these are $10-$30 on ebay, still not worth putting them in a box and mailing them around.