CyberDrive announced a new CD-RW recorder with the codename "CW088D". As CyberDrive says "...The CW088D is an internal type, 5.25-inch, half-height CD-RW drive with an IDE/ATAPI interface, featuring read speeds up to 48x, write speeds up to 48x and re-write speeds up to 16x. The drive utilizes a High Precise Sledge Control (HPSC) type traverse mechanism to improve access time to 100 ms while reducing acoustic seek noise...". In a impressive move, CyberDrive offers CLV, Z-CLV and CAV recording technologies in the same package!

Product specs:

• Compatible with MS-DOS, Windows 3.1x, Windows NT/2000, Windows 95/98/ME/XP, Linux, OS/2 Warp
• Enhanced IDE (E-IDE) / ATAPI interface
• Supports Disc At Once (DAO), Track At Once (TAO) and Session At Once (SAO) recording
• Fully supports both variable and fixed packet reading and writing (CD-UDF compatible)
• Supported disk formats: CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM / XA, mixed mode, Video-CD, Photo CD, Enhanced CD, CD Plus, CD-G, CD-Text
• 48x maximum read speed (40X DAE max)
• Recording speeds: 4X, 8X, 12X, 16Xx, 20X (CLV), 24X, 28X, 32X, 36X (Z-CLV), 40X, 48x (CAV)
• Re-writing speeds: 4X, 8X, 12X, 16X (CLV)
• High speed (4x) audio play (buffered to normal audio)
• Average access time is around 100 ms (typical)
• Supports PIO mode 4 and UDMA mode 2
• 2 MB internal cache buffer
• Built-in headphone jack and CD-Audio volume control
• Back panel analog line-out and digital-out
• Supports both horizontal and vertical mounting
• Flash memory (firmware upgrade possibility)
• Can be used as a boot device
• ExacLink technology to avoid Buffer Under Run error