>If you have the OEM CD-ROM you will need either 3rd party drivers or I >have had luck with the old Apple CD-ROM extension form System 7. This >was before Apple eliminated the compatibility with most optical drives >except the Apple "Rommed" drives in Macs.
>The Mac OS CD's usually will boot on the clones no problem. I don't >know about any other OS's. >The best thing to do is get an older CD-ROM from an Apple 73-9600 era >Macs. You can get up to 24x SCSI CD-ROM but they are not as common as >the 12x drives. You should be able to get a 12x for a few bucks or >free and that eliminates the problem altogether. >-- >Ron Thanks for you reply. So are the CD-ROMs actually Apple units or are they 3rd party units that are Apple-ROMed? I've seen a few SCSI CD-ROMs that say 'For Apple' on ebay. But whether this is a bit misleading, and they just think it suitable for an Apple, I'm not sure.... I can't find any Apple CD-ROMs on ebay UK. Thanks, Adam __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:powercomputing@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
