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Jeff Rose | 1 Nov 2003 17:48
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Cendyne external USB cd-rw

Hello,
	Well after years of faithful service, my HP CD writer appears to be in
the throes of death.  It responds for only a couple minutes after boot
up then 'disappears' completely.  It seems to lose power and won't even
resond to the eject button.  So, BJ's wholesale has a Cendyne external
USB 2.0 cd-rw for $29.90.  I hadn't even thought about an external drive
as an option but the price is oh so tempting.  Anyone have any
experience with these?   

Jeff Rose
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Christopher Fowler | 1 Nov 2003 22:53
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Re: Cendyne external USB cd-rw

Is this the model:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2762189865&category=27177

On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 11:48:33AM -0500, Jeff Rose wrote:
> Hello,
> 	Well after years of faithful service, my HP CD writer appears to be in
> the throes of death.  It responds for only a couple minutes after boot
> up then 'disappears' completely.  It seems to lose power and won't even
> resond to the eject button.  So, BJ's wholesale has a Cendyne external
> USB 2.0 cd-rw for $29.90.  I hadn't even thought about an external drive
> as an option but the price is oh so tempting.  Anyone have any
> experience with these?   
> 
> Jeff Rose
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
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> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
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Drag0n | 2 Nov 2003 01:19

Re: Cendyne external USB cd-rw

I am not sure, but ever experience i have had with USB or FireWire
cd/dvd drives has been that if you open them, they end up being an ide
drive with some kind of adaptor hooked to the back. For that price, it
cant hurt to pick one up and open it to check. of course YMMV.

Drag0n
dragon@...

On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 16:53, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> Is this the model:
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2762189865&category=27177
> 
> On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 11:48:33AM -0500, Jeff Rose wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 	Well after years of faithful service, my HP CD writer appears to be in
> > the throes of death.  It responds for only a couple minutes after boot
> > up then 'disappears' completely.  It seems to lose power and won't even
> > resond to the eject button.  So, BJ's wholesale has a Cendyne external
> > USB 2.0 cd-rw for $29.90.  I hadn't even thought about an external drive
> > as an option but the price is oh so tempting.  Anyone have any
> > experience with these?   
> > 
> > Jeff Rose
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ale mailing list
> > Ale@...
> > http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> _______________________________________________
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Calvin Harrigan | 1 Nov 2003 18:08

Re: Cendyne external USB cd-rw

Sorry I don't have any useful info, but is this price after a rebate?

On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 11:48, Jeff Rose wrote:
> Hello,
> 	Well after years of faithful service, my HP CD writer appears to be in
> the throes of death.  It responds for only a couple minutes after boot
> up then 'disappears' completely.  It seems to lose power and won't even
> resond to the eject button.  So, BJ's wholesale has a Cendyne external
> USB 2.0 cd-rw for $29.90.  I hadn't even thought about an external drive
> as an option but the price is oh so tempting.  Anyone have any
> experience with these?   
> 
> Jeff Rose
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Jeff Rose | 1 Nov 2003 19:58
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Re: Cendyne external USB cd-rw

That is the shelf price.  No rebate as CenDyne has gone out of business
I believe.  They also have internal IDE drives for $44.99.

On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 12:08, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
> Sorry I don't have any useful info, but is this price after a rebate?
> 
> On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 11:48, Jeff Rose wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 	Well after years of faithful service, my HP CD writer appears to be in
> > the throes of death.  It responds for only a couple minutes after boot
> > up then 'disappears' completely.  It seems to lose power and won't even
> > resond to the eject button.  So, BJ's wholesale has a Cendyne external
> > USB 2.0 cd-rw for $29.90.  I hadn't even thought about an external drive
> > as an option but the price is oh so tempting.  Anyone have any
> > experience with these?   
> > 
> > Jeff Rose
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale@...
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
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Mark Angeli | 1 Nov 2003 18:05

Re: Cendyne external USB cd-rw

Not with that one, but I used a USB sony one that worked like a charm.

Mandrake saw it and configed it no problems at all!

On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 11:48, Jeff Rose wrote:
> Hello,
> 	Well after years of faithful service, my HP CD writer appears to be in
> the throes of death.  It responds for only a couple minutes after boot
> up then 'disappears' completely.  It seems to lose power and won't even
> resond to the eject button.  So, BJ's wholesale has a Cendyne external
> USB 2.0 cd-rw for $29.90.  I hadn't even thought about an external drive
> as an option but the price is oh so tempting.  Anyone have any
> experience with these?   
> 
> Jeff Rose
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale@...
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> 
>
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