SCSI and IDE in the same drive ! !

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SCSI and IDE in the same drive ! !

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YAMAHA SCSI CD-RW 24x10x40, MODEL# CRW3200SZ - RETAIL*Dual Interface Ultra SCSI and EIDE* Internal SafeBurn SCSI CD-R/RW drives offers 24x write, 10x rewrite & 40x read/audio ripping speeds, and audio master quality recording mode. 8mb buffer memory. 130ms average random access time.
found this at newegg while looking at a faster SCSI CDr.
I currently have a 8x SCSI and I do not want to get rid of my SCSI setup.
I looked at the pics of this drive and noticed that it is really just an IDE Drive with an adaptor to convert it to SCSI. Is this adaptor a common item? It would be nice to buy the IDE CDr of my choice and make it SCSI :)

Anyone have suggestions on SCSI CDrs?
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last I checked there were only 2 main componies still doing scsi burners...yamaha is one and I cnat remember the other...jsut search pricewatch for 32x scsi go a few pages to get past the normal drives...but that adaptor is a nice idea...never seen one b4...Intreasting.

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There are no true SCSI drives anymore (AFIAK), all current "SCSI" optical drives are IDE drives with a built-in interface changer.
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I use SCSI HDDs with a IDE cd-rom and IDE CDR and have no problems with either IDE cd drive. I wouldn't be too concerned with using IDE cd or DVD devices as it won't be a problem.
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I just like having my entire IDE stuff disabled in the bios and not installed in the PC. :)

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