MakeCD v3.1

Press release, MakeCD 3.1

MakeCD 3.1 is available now. It now offers an additional Disc-At-Once option which is available for most CD writers on the market. Currently, MakeCD supports DAO for Philips, Yamaha and Ricoh CD writers. Furthermore, all CD writers that implement the new MMC standard are supported in DAO writing mode. There's no DAO support for JVC, TEAC and Sony CD writers at the moment.

Customers who want to use the new Disc-At-Once feature, have to pay the upgrade fee of 45 DM (outside Europe: 50 DM) including shipping costs. If they do not need the Disc-At-Once feature, the update is free and can be downloaded from the internet.

Further new features of MakeCD 3.1 are:
- Completely reworked user interface
- AHI support
- Copy CD window
- Index support on music CDs (read and write)
- More powerful functions to erase CD-RWs
- Support of ATAPI CD writers
- Support of Panasonic CW7502

At the moment, MakeCD supports about 90 different CD writers, which is almost every model on the market. In order to use ATAPI CD writers, an additional ATAPI driver - e.g IDEfix97 - is required. However, IDE/ATAPI is way slower than SCSI and so it might well happen that the Amiga is only able to burn in single speed when using an ATAPI CD writer.

There's a slightly limited, freely distributable version of MakeCD in internet on the MakeCD home page:

http://makecd.core.de/

MakeCD is available at HiSoft and their dealers and directly at the authors.

Direct orders: Katrin Schmidt, Finkenweg 26, 89233 Neu-Ulm,
phone: +49 731 712316
Information, orders: HiSoft Systems, The Old School, Greenfield, Bedford, MK45 5DE UK
Phone: +44 1525 718181, Web: http://www.hisoft.co.uk/

I have included a list of the supported CD writers. CD writers that are marked with "(*)" are still untested, but in theory they should work, too.

* JVC or TEAC compatible CD writers (no DAO):
+ Hi-Val CD-R (*)
+ JVC XR-W2001 (*)
+ JVC XR-W2010
+ JVC XR-W2012
+ JVC XR-W2020
+ JVC XR-W2022
+ JVC XR-W2626 (*)
+ Pinnacle RCD-1000
+ Pinnacle RCD 5040 (*)
+ Smart & Friendly CDR2006 Plus (*)
+ TEAC CD-R50S

* MMC (SCSI3)/ATAPI-compatible CD writers (with DAO):
+ Compro CD-R 7502-INT (*)
+ DynaTek CDE260R (*)
+ Dysan CD-ReWritable CRW-620
+ HP CD-Writer Plus 7100e (*)
+ HP CD-Writer Plus 7100i (*)
+ HP CD-Writer Plus 7110e (*)
+ HP CD-Writer Plus 7110i (*)
+ Matsushita CW-7502 (*)
+ Microboards PlayWrite 2060R (*)
+ Microboards PlayWrite 4001RW (*)
+ MicroNet Technology Plus 4x6 (*)
+ Mitsumi CR2600TE
+ Panasonic CW-7502
+ Philips CDD 3600 (*)
+ Philips CDD 3610 (*)
+ Plasmon CDR 480 (*)
+ Plextor PX-R412Ce (*)
+ Plextor PX-R412Ci (*)
+ Ricoh MP6200I (*) (problems are very unlikely here)
+ Ricoh MP6200S
+ Ricoh MP6201S
+ Ricoh MP6211S (*) (problems are very unlikely here)
+ Smart & Friendly CDR4006 (*) (problems are very unlikely here)
+ Sony CDU928S
+ Traxdata CDR 2600
+ Traxdata CDR 4600 (*) (problems are very unlikely here)
+ Yamaha CDR 200
+ Yamaha CDR 400c
+ Yamaha CDR 400t
+ Yamaha CDR 400tx
+ Yamaha CDR 401t (*)
+ Yamaha CD-RW 4001 (*)
+ Yamaha CRW 4260

* Panasonic/Matsushita compatible CD writers (no DAO):
+ Compro CD-R 7501-INT (*) (problems are very unlikely here)
+ Creative Labs CDR4210 (*) (problems are very unlikely here)
+ Matsushita CW-7501
+ Panasonic CW-7501
+ Plasmon CDR-4240

* Philips-CDD-2000 CD writer family (with DAO):
+ Grundig CDR1001PW
+ HP CD-Writer 4020i
+ Kodak PCD225 (*)
+ Mitsumi CDR 2401
+ Philips CDD 2000
+ Philips CDD 521 (no test mode!)
+ Philips CDD 522
+ Plasmon CDR4220 (*) (problems are very unlikely here)

* Philips-CDD-2600 CD writer family (with DAO):
+ HP CD-Writer 6020i
+ HP CD-Writer 6020es
+ Philips CDD 2600
+ Wearnes CDR632P

* Sony compatibele (no DAO):
+ Sony CDU926S
+ Microboards PlayWrite 2000 (*)
+ Optima DisKovery 650 CD-R (*)
+ Smart & Friendly CDR1002 (*)
+ Smart & Friendly CDR2004 (*)
+ Smart & Friendly CDR2006 Pro (*)
+ Sony CDU920S
+ Sony CDU924S
+ Sony CDU940S (*)
+ Sony Spressa 9211 (*)
+ Sony Spressa 9411 (*)
+ Sony Spressa 9611 (*) (problems are very unlikely here)

* Yamaha CDR 10x (and compatible CD writers) (with DAO):
+ Yamaha CDR 100
+ Yamaha CDR 102
+ Yamaha CDE 100
+ Yamaha CDE 102
+ Plasmon CDR-4400
+ DynaTek Automation Systems CDM400 (*)
+ DynaTek Automation Systems CDM240 (*)
+ Microboards PlayWrite 4000 (*)
+ MicroNet Technology MasterCD Pro (*)
+ Procom Technology PCDR-4x (*)
+ Smart & Friendly CDR4000 (*) (problems are very unlikely here)
+ Smart & Friendly CDR1004 (*) (problems are very unlikely here)

* Ricoh/Plextor (and compatible CD writers) (with DAO):
+ Plextor PX-R24CS(i)
+ Ricoh RO-1420C
+ Ricoh RS-1420C
+ Turtle Beach 2040R (*) (problems are very unlikely here)

Furthermore, MakeCD supportes the following CD-ROM drives:
* ATAPI CD-ROM (with CDDA)
* NEC CD-ROM (with CDDA)
* Pioneer CD-ROM (Sony compatible)
* Plextor CD-ROM (with CDDA)
* Sony CD-ROM (with CDDA)
* Toshiba CD-ROM (with CDDA)
* any other CD-ROM drive (without CDDA)

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