On May 10, 2009, at 3:44 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> > > -----Original Message----- > Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009 18:41:09 > To: [email protected] > From: "Jim Scott" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Trying to breathe new life into an eMac > > > > On May 10, 2009, at 3:15 PM, Gary Fortman wrote: > >> >> The 700mhz emacs had a combo drive. Reads and writes CDs. Does not >> read DVDs. >> >> Sent from my eyeFone >> > Wrong. A Combo drive reads and writes CDs, but reads DVDs. It doesn't > write DVDs. > > Sent from my iMac > > That would be a Super Drive, wouldn't it? My 1.25GHz eMac has one. > > --ryan > SuperDrives read and write CDs and DVDs, which is why they're "super," as compared to a mere mortal Combo drive, which can only read DVDs but can read and write CDs. Someone is bound to note that Apple also used the term SuperDrive to describe a 1988-1999 floppy disk drive that could read and write 400K, 800K and high-density floppy disks. -- Jim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
