There's something new under the sun from Yamaha. Their CRW2200SZ 20x CDRW drive has got the option to be connected to an IDE as well as an SCSI interface. People having a SCSI card can use it as a SCSI drive, others can use the IDE interface. And that just with making use of a converter that comes with the drive.
Yamaha announces the introduction of the industry's first 20X internal ReWritable CD recorder with a "Dual Interface" design, giving the consumer the choice of using either an E-IDE (ATAPI) or SCSI interface. The CRW2200SZ is capable of recording on CD-R discs at a top speed of 20X; rewriting CD-RW discs at a top speed of 10X; and reading CDs at a sustained maximum rate of 40X. The Yamaha CRW2200SZ's "Dual Interface" allows the consumer to choose between installing the drive with either an Ultra SCSI or E-IDE (ATAPI) interface. Yamaha provides the ultimate in convenience, allowing consumers who have a SCSI setup to switch to E-IDE -- or vice versa -- as they upgrade their computers or switch from one type of PC to the other, keeping all their options open. |
I read some time ago about a SCSI-2-IDE converter and I guess this is what Yamaha is using right now. As there are lots of people using IDE nowadays and SCSI is slowely fading away this may be a way to get SCSI a little more popular again. It's still got quite some nice benefits.
Also I hope Plextor to pick up this technology somewhere in the near future. Although they fully stopped producing SCSI devices I hope they'll get back into the SCSI market this way.
In this way everybody can be pleased...
Source: Yahoo news
