cd image sizes?

Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to
Tue Feb 21 17:54:10 UTC 2006


On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 09:58:45 -0500,
  Fulko.Hew at sita.aero wrote:
> Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net> on 02/21/2006 09:45 AM replied:
> 
> > Once upon a time, Jeff Vian <jvian10 at charter.net> said:
> > > I have not found any 650mb CDs for over a year (and would not have
> > > purchased them if available).  I certainly see no problem with the
> > > larger size.
> >
> > Note the OP said "CD-RW".  Most CD-RW discs are still 650M.  700M CD-RWs
> > are available, but you have to hunt for them (not typically in the local
> > stores I've checked).
> 
> I haven't seen 650M CD-RWs in _years_.
> I'd be hard pressed to find any in any local store around here.

But since they are reusable, people who bought them several years ago
may still have them. I have a bunch of 700MB CDRs, but my CDRWs are still
650MB. My plan had been to burn FC5T3 on CDRWs, since it would only be a
month before they would be scrap.




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