On Jan 13, 11:42 pm, PeterH <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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).
Thank You for the reply
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