Pinnacle's CD-RW records fast, reads faster

A CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) drive that performs three separate functions is now available from Pinnacle Micro (Irvine, CA,

http://www.pinnaclemciro.com). The RCDW226 (starting at $649) can record to CD-R discs (write once) and also to CD-Rewritable media.

"We've expanded the market for recordable CDs by adding rewrite technology," said James Hanley, Pinnacle's manager of strategic products. "We have included Disc Archive 97, which we believe to be the only 32-bit backup utility that supports rewritable CDs."

Features include drag-and-drop file transfer and optimum power calibration (OPC) software that monitors and adjusts data writing signals.