[ale] Cendyne external USB cd-rw

[Van L. Loggins]

I do not have experience with the cendyne usb 2.0 model, but I made the mistake of buying a 48x12x48 cendyne cd-rw drive for one of my friends for their birthday. I had it put away for 4 months before I gave it to him, and I had cut the upc symbol off and mailed it and the receipt along with the rebate form for it from officemax, so we were unable to return it. And I found out a couple of weeks ago that Cendyne is out of business so that means you get no warranty on the drive unless BJ's wholesale is willing to offer you one.

Your mileage may vary.


I have a I/O Magic 32x12x40 usb 2.0 cd-rw drive that I have been very happy with, it works great with linux and windows. 
I think I paid $99 dollars for it but that has been alomst a year ago.

Good luck with whatever model you decide to buy.

Van


On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 12:17:55 -0500
ale-request at ale.org wrote:

> Message: 11
> Date: 01 Nov 2003 11:48:33 -0500
> From: Jeff Rose <jojerose at mindspring.com>
> Subject: [ale] Cendyne external USB cd-rw
> To: ale at ale.org
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> 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