Dear PCI-PowerMacs:
I am wondering if it's possible to install a DVD-ROM into a Power Mac 8500. If so, can you recommend any?
Roland :)
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And Peter updated on 4/19/2004 ;
Update ...
I have confirmed that the Pioneer DVR-105 will not work in any other than CD-ROM and DVD-ROM modes, when connected to an UATA card, and supported by Intec CD/DVD SpeedTools 6.0, in the configuration described above.
I have also confirmed that a generic CD-ROM-R-R/W will work in both CD-ROM and CD-R modes, under the same test conditions. (I did not confirm booting from the CD-ROM, however).
Therefore, it appears quite feasible to make an all-EIDE/all-UATA machine, based on a 9600, say, which supports both DVD playing an CD writing over EIDE devices and boot and general purpose internal storage over UATA devices.
Such a machine would have, say, two PCI cards for drives, an UATA/66 card for the DVD-ROM and the CD-ROM-R-R/W, and an UATA/66/100/133 card for one or more hard drives, a Radeon 7000 for general purpose video (the 9500 and 9600 require a PCI video card as neither of these have on-mobo video, so a video card is required, anyway, and it might as well be one which can support DVD playing), and other cards as necessary, say, a USB card for one's digicam, and a FireWire card for one's advanced digicam or external storage.
I have already confirmed that generic USB and FireWire cards work in a PTP 225 (both 604e and G3'd), and a 9500 and 9600 should be fine, too, as the PTP is really just a 9500 (same ROM and chipset, only a different RAM capacity ... 1 GB vs. 1.5 GB).
-- Adrian
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