CD recorders/burners

[curtis]

Just get a CD burner for your PC.....good ones are $70. Standard music CDs do not have copy protection.

-curtis

[JohnnyCasaba]

Yup just as Curtis said, get a CD burner for your computer. In fact, Circuit City has a Lite-On 52x burner on sale this week for $15.00 after 2 rebates. http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.js...rk_2&oid=76604

[Quinn]

Thanks Curtis, but I'm completely inept at the computer and my kid(s) aren't old enough to take care of it for me. I wouldn't have a clue as to how to hook one up or use it. I'm using a five year old PIII chip machine that all we do with is email, surf, and balance the checkbook. I just learned this month how to pay bills electronicly. I don't know if it would support one. Professionally I'm a pastry chef, presently a stay at home dad, so I don't use computers at work to learn them.

Signed troglodyte Q.

[Quinn]

Thanks Johnny- What does this mean in English?..."Just install into your ATAPI-E/IDE port and let the plug-and-play features do the rest!" And how can I tell if my computer has an ATAPI-E/IDE?

I guess I'm going to have to figure this out. As you guys know I'm a cheapskate.

[curtis]

It should support it without issues. The two most difficult pieces will be installing it, which is easy and I would do for you if you were closer, and teaching you the couple of clicks you need to do to copy a CD.

Do you have any computer geek friends near by?

-curtis

[Quinn]

Yeah, my fishing partner is a computer geek. I just sent him an email. Now I've got to figure out if my computer meets the 166hz mininum. I'm not finding it under My Computer,control panel,system.

[JohnnyCasaba]

You should have no problems using the drive in your machine, I had my first CD/RW in a P2 400 PC and had no problems. The E/IDE port is just the connection used on PC's to hook up optical(CD/RW and DVD drives) and hard drives to the motherboard. If you have a friend who is a techie, you might want him to help you, but it is something you can do yourself. Most drives have pretty good instructions on installation. Just to let you know, when I installed my first one, it was the first time I ever opened my PC. Six months later I built my own. That is also easy, all the info is out there on the net or in books. Good luck, you can do it.

[curtis]

Quinn,

Don't worry...that PIII meets the minumum.

How did you ever hook up your audio system?

-curtis

[JohnnyCasaba]

If you have a P3 chip you meet it, I believe the slowest P3 chip is 450hz.

[Quinn]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by curtis

Quinn,

Don't worry...that PIII meets the minumum.

How did you ever hook up your audio system?

-curtis
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With clearly marked input output jacks. Not the same as cracking open the tower and messing around with the innards. ;^)