Addonics Announces 24x FireWire/USB-based Combination CDRW/Copier
By Remy Davison

(Insanely Great Mac ) -- Dec. 8, 2001 -- Addonnics Technologies has announced a FireWire-based combination CDRW/Copier, designed to operate as a standalone CD copier.

The dual-drive copier allows source CDs to be placed in one drive, and CDR media in the destination drive, permitting direct disc-to-disc copies without needing connection to a PC. The Combo CDRW/Copier burns copies at up to 24x, or at under 4 minutes for a 650MB (74 minute) CD.

The source drive on the Addonics CDRW operates at a claimed 52x, while the destination drive reads at 40x and rewrites at 10x. Burn-proof technology is incorporated into the CDRW. The drive automatically detects the type of media inserted (CDR or CDRW) and burns at maximum speed. The CDRW burns all major formats, including VideoCD, CD-G and CD-Text.

The drive is bundled with no Mac software, but comes with various Windows utilities. However, the drive, which is available with FireWire, USB 2.0 or PCMCIA connectivity, supports the Mac OS when used as a FireWire or USB CDRW. The FireWire and USB 2.0 versions require OS 9.0 or later. It is not clear whether the drive is supported under OS X. Both Mac desktops and portables with USB or FireWire can be used with the CDRW.

The USB 2.0 version is available for $429 (Macs requires a USB 2.0 card for maximum burn speed) and $469 for the FireWire model.

Addonics: Combo CDRW and CD Copier

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