Burner recommendation for slow CPUs, please?

[spiffy]

Hi, does anyone know of brands of good dual format burners that will work in Pentium II machines? I have two boxes:

Dual PII-350 with 654MB RAM, or
PII-400 with 1GB of RAM.

I have a Sony DRU-510A (still in its box), and the minimum system requirement is PII-400; but I think the recommended setup is actually PIII-800. Is there any particular brand(s) of burner that has proven to work with lesser CPU? I cannot build a new system for another month, but I absolutely have to back up my data now. Most of the data is in the dual CPU box, btw. So I'd rather install the burner in that machine if possible.

Thanks in advance...

Spiffy

[snafu099]

Here is what I did with NEC 1300a burner.
Mounted in external usb-2 box, then installed add on pci usb-2 cards to three systems. (also did 120g ata133 drive) this seems to bypass limitations of motherboard ide and is working for me.

sys 1 = amd 1.2
sys 2 = amd 450
sys 3 = intel 233

[lechtin]

Most CPU speed and memory size requirements for hardware like CD and DVD readers/burners, printers, scanner, drives..., mean nothing. It is usually based on obtaining maximum performance or being able to run the software that comes bundled with them (which a lot of experienced users never do since they already have their favorite). Like snafu099, I also run a DVD burner (Sony DRU500A) in an external enclosure. I used it to backup my laptop (PII 300MHz, 128 MB memory, 4200RPM hard drive).

Just go ahead and install your drive. Some people say it works better if you use and 80-wire flat IDE cable instead of the standard 40-wire, so be ready to do that if you run into problems (3-4$). You also might want to set it up in an external enclosure to use with both your computers. USB 1.1 is okay, but very slow (worked with my laptop). USB 2.0 is close enough to internal IDE speed, and the best is firewire, especially if you plan to do get into digital video.