Making a CD Dupicator

[raaudia4]

I have a mother board that will accept 8 devices. Is it possible for me to make a CD duplicator with this and besides the cd burner what else would I need?

 

[wolluf]

what exactly do you mean? with just a CD burner, you can copy CDs. so in my books, thats a CD duplicator.

 

[CobolKid]

I doubt you would have sucess with eight mixed i/o burners, buss speed would become a major problem fast. Better to obtain an "off-line" duplicator controller, for ide i've seen these at less than $300.

 

[raaudia4]

what is a "off-line" duplicator controller? Also I in making my cd duplicator I would use the same model cd burners and not mix match brands and speeds

 

[franklin97355]

One of the major problems (bottlenecks)you will face is the speed the CPU and drive can send data to the writers.

 

[peyton94]

I believe the speed of the cpu and the speed of the burners would counteract each other and move at a slow slow pace or will just halt on you. If you do this it is very wise to use an offline duplicator. Check Tigerdirect or Computergeeks for one. If in California check a Fry's Electronics Store. Best offer I can give ya.


peyton94

 

[edfair]

This is a disk controller problem. With the right hardware and the right software you can generate 16 copies in under 5 minutes plus load and unload time.

You might want to look for a software package "disk juggler" and for a multi-channel SCSI controller.

I have a customer that duplicates for software houses. He paid 16K for the system. Got a case built like a "brick outhouse", a power supply that dims the lights in Atlanta when he turns it on, Plextor SCSI R/Ws, and a multi channel SCSI controller I have never seen anywhere else. But it was available at a couple of the national parts houses for around $300.

Ed Fair
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