On Monday, November 11, 2002, at 10:58 PM, Howie S wrote: > on 11/11/02 2:19 PM, Eric J. Leopold at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I need a new or used CD player to replace the CD player in my S900. I >> think a lot of my troubles are from a bad CD player. I'm interested >> in a plug and play model preferably new. I know this has been on the >> list before but the archives didn't help. Can anyone recommend a >> dealer (Fry's?) or Web site I might find CD ROM drives for the S900? >> Thanks RAC but I'm leaning to a new or better drive than the OEM CD >> player in the S900. Thanks very much. > > Surprising how few SCSI CDROM drives there are on the sites I checked, > like > Smalldog, Powermax, David Baucom's Mac Site, OWC, etc.. Poweron has > used > and refurb Apple SCSI CDROM drives, but the 24x refurb model is a > hundred > bucks. For that price you could get a new 40x Plextor unit from > CDrExpress. > But if you want to stick with Apple drivers, perhaps the Apple > refurb/used > drives are the best choice after all. I'm not clear on which 3rd party > drives might have Apple ROM's. And I'm also not clear about whether > those > that say they have Apple ROM's, actually provide complete > compatibility. > > I just strolled into a local new&used Mac dealer where I live, and > picked up > a Pioneer slot-loading 32x drive. It's been great, even worked for > loading > OS X Jaguar on my S900. But under OS 9 I had to use Intech CDST to run > it. > It also cost a hundred dollars, but was a new drive. > > So, I guess I'm suggesting that you check your local Mac dealers. Most > everything has gone IDE, but perhaps a few stores carry some SCSI > models > still. Failing that there's still some good mail-order choices in the > hundred dollar range. I wish MacGurus was back online, they always had > some > good advice about these things, and I think had SCSI Plextor CD drives > for > sale. > > -Howie > >
Thanks Howie. I too found little out there. Then later I thought why not replace it with a CD-RW drive? OWC has a few CD-RW internal drives. Not too cheap though. Eric -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
