On Wednesday, Oct 23, 2002, at 00:08 Europe/London, William Ove wrote: > My new to me B&W G3 came with a DVD player. At this time I do not have > much use for a DVD. I would find CD-RW unit much more useful. I was > wondering about options for replacing the DVD unit and have a couple > questions.
The Drive compatibility database at <http://www.xlr8yourmac.com> is an excellent source of info on potential replacements. I replaced the 32x CD-ROM in my Rev.2 G3 B&W with an LG combo drive and it all works swimmingly. > Do I need to stick with an Apple unit in order to continue to boot? Not necessarily. There are 3rd party drives that will boot New World Macs. > Would the DVD capabilities of either a "combo drive" or a "Super Drive" > work with the DVD decoder card that came with the B&W G3? Yes. As long as the drive reads DVDs the movie data can be read into the DVD decoder on the card. > While I still have OS 9 installed on this computer, I am really only > working with OS X (Jaguar). Thanks for looking. Mine works like a gem in Jaguar. 100%, no complaints at all. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> "Never send a human to do a machine's job." -The Matrix -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:g-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:g-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
