I don't know what answer you want that hasn't already been given.  I know
that I don't have enough time and money to buy every CDRW/DVDRW made to see
if they'll work in Windows 98 FE or not.  I suspect it's not so much the
burner as it is the software that's bundled with the burner.

win98 should easily support any cdrw drive.  The way I set mine up was to
make the cdrom the master and the cdburner as the slave.  The burner will
use the same drivers as the cdrom, but you may have newer drivers come with
the burner.  Check the users manual or go to the manufacturers site for this
info.

The key to good burning is also the burning software.  Normally the software
that comes with a burner is the lite version and is limited as to what it
can do.  You may want to invest in something like the full versions of Roxio
or Nero burning software.

Good Luck

The answer is simple - recordable CD can be used with a wide variety of
operating systems, including Windows and including versions as far back as
W95. But that does not mean that OP is going to find it at any of the shops
he's looking in, or that the price or configuration is going to match what
he's looking for. So the 'correct' answer is quite useless for the problem.
It is, in fact, a non-question. Windows 98 or 98SE has never supported CD
R/W.  It can only be used in these operating systems with a recording
utility that knows how to address the drive directly, without relying on any
OS support. While I would assume that any recording software is capable of
accessing a generic IDE R/W drive, as soon as you start talking external
drives it comes down to very specific detail of the software and the
interface, and that can really only be answered by the manufacturer.