On Jan 13, 2009, at 11:01 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
>> Do anyone make a full size DVD RW, (tray loading), >> that have ATAPI of the (ultra DMA mode 4) type? >> not the skinny slot version > > > Yes. I believe they're all backwards compatible to whatever mode your > motherboard's chipset supports. > > A newer DVD/RW will offer support for more types of media. Definitely backward compatible, and the G3s and early G4s accessed the optical drive in DMA mode. Thankfully, Apple elected to cable-up the optical drive with 80-wire/ 40-pin cables, as this is necessary to drive the burners faster than 8X, although the data rate is still below the 80-wire/40-pin rate (Ultra/66). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
