CD Text writeable software doesn't work w/o CD Text writeable drive: help: need a drive

ISRC/bar code writing as a feature for a CD burner

That would be a feature of the CD writing software application not the hardware you are using to burn the CD. The registration code (from which the track code is constructed has to be obtained from the ISRC.

from their site FAQ:
"Q. How can ISRC be encoded or read?
In the case of Compact Discs the ISRCs and other PQ-data are encoded in the disc sub-code (Q channel) in the disc mastering process. For this reason, ISRCs must be encoded for each track in the Pre-Master for CD. Most commercial mastering software applications have a field dedicated for ISRC."

The US agency is:


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
RIAA
1025 F Street NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20004
Tel: +1 202 775 0101, Fax: +1 202 775 7253
Email: isrc@riaa.com



http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/isrc_handbook.html#Heading321

I don't suppose you know what drive you have? If it is inside a laptop, it might announce itself under device manager. I suspect you are not finding specs listing the ability to write to the Q channel for a CD writer, because it is almost universal in newer drives.

the drive seems to be a generic that was pre-installed with Gateway DX-4300, and i've googled the model # (which i don't have in front of me) and there is virtually nothing written about it anywhere