On Monday, December 9, 2002, at 08:02 PM, David R. wrote: > In addition to still looking for help on the Entourage question, I was > wondering if anybody has ever opened up a Sony Spressa Firewire > enclosure > which normally comes with the 12-24X CDRW, and replaced this with any > other > kind of drive? > > The reason I am asking is, I recently picked up a Matsushita / > Panasonic 4.7 > GB DVD/RAM drive, which also reads cd/roms @ 24X. But I am > contemplating > switching out the cdrw from the Sony, putting that in my s900 in place > of my > Teac 12X cd/rom. Then put the DVD/RAM into the firewire enclosure. > The > DVD/RAM is an Atapi Apple Rommed and came out of a G4. > > I'm only guessing at this point that everything will be compatible, > but of > course if not, that's what I'd hope to learn here. > > Of course my option is to just put the DVD/RAM in as a replacement for > my > 12x cd/rom, assuming I can boot from the cd/rom side of the DVD/RAM > drive. > Unfortunately there is no booting from the DVD/RAM itself as these are > designed only for storage and playing DVD's/cd's. > > Speaking of playing DVD's, which isn't a crucial issue at this > juncture, but > does anybody know if I will need some kind of dvd decoder card to play > dvd's > using the DVD/RAM? If not, I'll just use my ole decoder ring instead. > > Thanks, > > Dave
Dave, Phil again, I have a DVD-ROM in a Firewire enclosure probably not much different than the Sony you have and I like the portability and I can keep a CDR and original CD in the S900 I own. The firewire connection seems to be a good match for viewing DVD's at least thats what has worked for me. I have been dabbling with DVD for sometime. As far as a decoder card.... I own a Wired4DVD which I don't use much anymore I was watching DVD content in 9.1, now I view DVD's in Jaguar and it is significantly better without the card. Which I can't use in OSX anyway...No Drivers. I'm using Apple DVD Player 3.2 (Hacked) and again its quite good. If your not using OSX, then go to <www.os9forever.com> for the 2.7 player. -- 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:[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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
