Fluxstringer wrote: > OWC is selling a DVD Superdrive . and promise to have it configured > soon for the early G3 machines ! > > UH . . . maybe then ? Or maybe not ! The internal buss > speed might still be a problem.( on legacy Macs ) > > Hooking it up isn't the catch. Getting it to work on a 50 MHz bus > without careful hacking sounds like wrestling a bear. > > I guess I gotta save my pennies for a newer machine.
I don't see the issue with the bus speed as long as it has some kind of burn proof tech. Does anybody make a CD or DVD burner without it anymore? With the exception of this last DVD burner, all the ones I've purchased had standard ATA/33 connectors, not ATA/66 or ATA/100-133. If ATA/33 is all it takes to keep up the buffer on a DVD burn, or a 24x or 32x CD burn, I can't imagine it being an issue. With the burn proof tech, the worst case is the burn itself takes a lot longer because the drive is constantly backing up to restart at the previous point. I've done this on an old Pentium/166 system (which is slower than most of the PCI Mac's!), and it took about 40 minutes to burn a CD, but the CD worked afterwards (it was a 40x drive). If you get a SCSI version, that's a whole different story. You may very well be correct about needing something faster (than SCSI 1) for DVD burning (obviously CD's work fine). I don't know for sure, but it seems logical to me, if that means anything :-) --> Russ -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
