Marc van Gemert wrote: > David J Sherson wrote: > >>Check these out Jim; >><http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_XLR8YourMac.cfm?ID=5194&Item=OWCMRFW48L> >><http://www.aicmicro.com/productdetail.asp?id=10893> >>Toast 5 works great for me with the OWC / LiteOn and even works with >>RetroSpect backup. Much better backing up to CD's than zips! > > > Is it bootable? IIRC I saw some bad reports 'bout the OWC Lite-Ons @ the > xlr8yourmac database.
I've been told by someone I trust that that Lite-ON model is indeed bootable. However this was in a Beige G3; in my upgraded 7600 it is not. However that might be a difference between the motherboards and original CD connection(SCSI in mine, IDE in the BG3). I'll know better this weekend, as I'm upgrading the ol' 7600 workhorse to a slightly younger (Beige G3) workhorse. I do know it is fully supported by OSX for CD burning, and is quite fast. Complaint's about the 'OWC Lite-Ons' in the database, in absence of complaints from other brands containing the same mechanism, should be taken with a grain of salt; the EEPROM rev code in most of them is the same, (VS04 in the 48-12-48 models). Mine is the same drive, marketed by Cendyne; they're also sold under a number of other brand names. Mine was $39 after rebates at Office Max, recently I believe they had the same one for an unbelievable $19 after rebates...:-0 -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
