Liliana inquired: > From: Liliana Pubill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Changing CD ROM drives question... > > Hello > > I have an IDE 24X CD ROM drive in my G3 333, doing a pretty good job at > that speed so I am yet not ready for upgrade (or for the expense!). In > my 8500 I have a third party 24X SCSI drive that is also a burner that > works great. Since I am not burning things in the 8500 anymore, cause > most of my stuff is here, can I put the 8500's drive in here? My IDE > 24X drive is bootable and if I remember correctly the 8500's drive is > not. Will it be unbootable in the G3 as well? (does it need Apple rom? > Anyway if all else fails I may find a cheap IDE burner in ebay but it > may have to wait till the beginning of next month. > > Thank you > Lil > Lil, I have this arrangement on my 333mhz beige G3 tower - I use the 24x IDE CD to boot from, and the SCSI burner (8x4x24) does all the burn work (of course). I'm using an updated Toast 4.1.3: if I put the included Adaptec Toast CD reader into the extensions folder, I can also boot and mount from this drive (a Yamaha unit) if I so choose. Interestingly, the Toast extension does not conflict w/ Apple's CD/DVD driver at all (unlike my experience w/ FWB's CD-ROM Toolkit, which always had to have the Apple driver squirreled away for fear of conflict*) - the two tend to co-exist fine, at least in my machine (I'm running OS 9 on it).
Hope this helps, Best regards, Dana (*Long ago, I used to think that FWB wrote good drivers, but I've tended to regard them as inconsistent, unreliable, and generally disagreeable with anything happening today; and they're expensive! - my humble opinion) -- 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
