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I haven't tested if it's still readable yet. I haven't used them since at least 2001, it seems.

Yeah, I did a basic Google. But, I wanted more objective opinions, because, like with CMC, I doubt if on the Gigastorage Corporation's web site, they would say, "Ah, we so sorry! We make junk! We make Vanguard look like Verbatim!"

Are you suggesting NEC has this 2R8 firmware already made and is hoarding, withholding it from the general public?

In their defense, though, back in 2001, a gigabyte was a different value.

I came across a CD-R from Memorex circa 2001. It's 16x, 700 MB, with a blue and white label surface on it. I checked the Manufacturer Name for giggles and was puzzled to find Gigastorage Corporation instead of INFODISC (Passable.) or CMC MAG (IMMEDIATELY TRY TO SALVAGE AND THEN THROW AWAY). Does anyone have any info on the quality of this Gigastorage Corporation?

Cary Granite was another, I think. And Alvin Brickrock being based on Alfred Hitchcock.

No, I've got a far cornier suggestion: he's going to revive the character of the Meddling Monk for the new Doctor Who season!

A man of the corn.

I didn't include them because they are technically product from last year's catalog. But, good call riffing on the JR dolls, nonetheless.

Product Enterprises, having been somewhat on the low key side for Doctor Who licensed products for the last 2 years, has a slate of some pretty impressive products packed for this year. Radio Controlled 8 inch (Hey, wait a minute! If these guys are in the UK, why are they using non-metric values?! ) movie Daleks http://www.productenterprise.com/drwhomovie2.html# 12 inch version of the above http://www.productenterprise.com/drwhomovie4.html Micro Action Talking Daleks http://www.productenterprise.com/microactiondaleks.html These appear to be same thing as the Roll-A-Matic Daleks from the last 2 or 3 years, but have talking chips in them. 20cm (SEE?! Talking Cyberman http://www.productenterprise.com/talkingcyberman.html Not quite sure if this is just more stock of the original figure. Looks the same, except the other hand appears to be different from my memory. 12 inch "LSD Laced Jelly Babies" Talking Tom Baker http://www.productenterprise.com/talkingdoctor2.html The moment I saw those close ups of the face, first thing I thought was that the Doctor had spiked his Jelly Babies with a controlled substance of some sort. 12 inch Radio Command Daleks http://www.productenterprise.com/radiocommand.html More stock of older products, with the exception of the new Dalek Supreme from Planet Of The Daleks 12 inch Talking Cyberman http://www.productenterprise.com/talkingcyberman2.html OH, SWEET! One of the best Cyberman types ever finally gets a decent toy! That Denys Fisher one from the 1970's was awful!

Funny they say this, because, for decades, car manufacturers have already implemented this. It's called the CHECK ENGINE LIGHT! That bloody light can mean just about ANYTHING to the point where it is useless.

UPDATE IN THE SAGA THAT IS CORNY'S LIFE! After being there to witness his nibblet pop out, he had to return to his normal job. But, he did get promoted! He's now a kernel in the military.

UGH! Saw that punch rine flom a mirrion mires away!

Don't know really. All 3 enclosures I've ever encountered were for drives sold by IOMega. The two DVD burners were rebadged LG dual format dual layer DVD-RAM capable burners. The 3rd drive was an external CD writer I bought cheaply entirely for the enclosure; gutted the drive out quickly.

Well, that's a fine kettle of fish he's gotten himself into!

I remember back when my NEC 3500a only had 1 problem: Verifies would fail, but, they would read fine in the LiteOn 166s and play fine in stand alones. Then, without changing brands of DVD-R, even using discs from the same stack, the problem just went away and hasn't returned yet.

You say you didn't get a semaphore time out with ALi Rev. 1a m5621 on wnaspi32 with ImgBurn? I have not tested my drive with ImgBurn yet. I was getting semaphore time out with another certain app most unfortunately lost forever to the history of time with ALi M5621 A1 0348 TH05 XHG2QK00000I to be precise.

My enclosure doesn't even have a top anymore. It's just the bottom tray and the board at the back with the IDE to USB bridge chip, power in, etc. That way, I can easily slip in drives as needed for testing, temporary HD storage, etc.

BTW, now, I've heard he disappears at night to go out stalking the gal he's been trying to woo lately.

What about version 6, though? Sorry, just had to be a smart

Do they make a universal firmware reading/flashing utility? I know I have Flashfix on hand to flash the LiteOn/JLMS 166s DVD-ROM to unofficial firmware. Will basically send any firmware file to the drive, even if it's another drive's.

Ah, the real thing corny's been up to: THE CORNULATOR! http://www.gm.com/company/onlygm/livegreen...r=1&carNumber=1

I don't take scans results seriously. No one has YET to tell me what to look for in them, so, all those graphs and values don't mean anything to me. As for Ritek vs. Ricoh, it's all the same. Both come from Ricoh, and, Ricoh has been more than willing, in the past, to use returned discs rebranded. polo; when it says unsupported, what is saying unsupported? Explorer? ImgBurn? Plus, have you tried rewritables? I've yet to try a burn, but, I can get a DVD-RW that was previously burned to read under 2.TG.

Ritek 16x sounds good. I've been using RITEKF1 for less important, temporary, etc. backups and some genuine Sony 8x DVD-R's I picked up last year as my long term storage right now.

I would have had them arrested and deloused.