The following drives offer full Multisession Photo CD Support:

Apple 300, 300i (Sony CDU-8003, CDU-8003A)
Apple PowerCD (Philips CDF080)
Chinon CDS-535
MDI LaserBank 600CDX
NEC CDR-38
NEC CDR-84-1 (CDR-74-1)
NEC CDR 400 (MultiSpin 3xp portable)
NEC CDR 500, CDR 510, CDR 600 (MultiSpin 3x series)
NEC CDR 900 (MultiSpin 4x Pro quadruple speed)
Philips/LMS CM 215
Philips CM 4xx
Philips CM 44x
Sony CDU-561
TEAC CD-50
Texel DM-5024 (DM-3024)
Texel DM-5028 (DM-3028)
Toshiba XM 3401TA (XM 3401B)
Toshiba XM 3401TE (Silicon Graphics version, Sun version)
Toshiba XM 4101TA

The NEC CDR-74/84 works fine with PhotoCD. Older models that have a firmware revision of 1.0 should be sent back to NEC for a FREE refit, that upgrades the firmware to 1.0a, and may update some other components. NEC should be called at 1-(800)-388-8888 follow the recorded messages to get them to sent the info required for the refit (or hit 6 then 1 to get there instantly). You will get your drive back in 3-4 business days.

The Kodak Information Center is maintaining a file on the compuserve CDROM forum of compatible drives, and it has become quite extensive. They also specify compatible SCSI boards, drivers, and cable configurations. There are also a couple of subtle issues in compatibility that are still being worked out. For example, the NEC drives are single session compatible, but not multi. There are also drives which have been certified as compatible which are not XA, and there is some indication that this makes them useful for pictures alone, but not for mixed media Photo-CD productions in the future.

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