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Whats CD-MRW? Mount Rainier?

April 26, 2017CD mount rainier MRW Subject

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Whats CD-MRW? Mount Rainier?

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CD-MRW is the working name for a CD-RW storage format under development by the Mount Rainier Working Group (http://www.mt-rainier.org/). The Mount Rainier group is creating specifications for native OS support of CD-RW and DVD+RW, with the eventual goal of replacing floppies and similar formats (e.g. Zip disks). This new standard is being promoted by Compaq, Microsoft, Philips, and Sony. The web site claims support by “over 40 industry leaders”, including OS vendors and PC OEMs. What this means to you: 500+MB of reasonably fast storage that doesn’t require long formatting delays or the installation of special software. Yamaha’s CRW3200 claims to be the first CD-RW drive with CD-MRW support.