The CDROM Drive (24X salvaged from another Mac to replace the original 4X one) on my Powermac 7600/120 is showing signs of giving up. It now can't recognize some CDs that it used to. It sort of just hangs there forever with the cursor, although moveable, not being able to click-effect anything that I eventually had to push that button to pop that CD out. The ones that it does recognize though takes ages for their contents show up on the window. I've decided to replace it with a CDRW before it dies on me.
After much scrounging among the 2nd hand shops (new SCSIs are impractically expensive), I found a Sony CRX-140s SCSI internal CDRW (8x4x32) yanked from a disused PC that the shop owner tried to convince me would work on my 7600. Is this true? If it is, what do I need to do with that "volume knob(?)" on the lower left hand of the front?... and any adjustments to the SCSI connections?
On further lookaround, I found a shop selling a brand-new IOMEGA ZIP650 4x4x6x USB at about the same price as the used CDRW I mentioned. I have 2 Port USB Card v1.1 installed and I was told this is just as fast as I could go with my USB connection.
Can anyboby please guide me to make the best decision. I am leaning towards buying the ZIP650 but the Sony CRX-140s' speed is not easy to ignore.
PowerMac 7600/120 56 RAM (140 w/RAM Doubler) 4 GB HD (partitioned into 3) MacOS 8.6
Thanks in advance, Arnel, Hong Kong
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