on 17/05/02 23:38, Tom Ethen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ) >> Subject: Re: Expansion Bay products > > Here is the issue now! I got my Pismo Matshita drive off ebay and am getting > ready to take it apart, but I have a question. The specs for my present > drive are bellow, with the specs for the new drive where there are changes > after the /. > > Is the drive I got off ebay newer than my others (I have two, same specs} > and so far as I can see there is nothing wrong with the supposedly faulty > drive I purchased to convert to a CD-RW. Any help out there as to which one > I should take apart and which I should keep. I played a CD, DVD and a Video > CD on the new drive and it seemed to work just fine, although the seller > claimed intermittent problems. > > Tom >> > DVD-ROM drive > Driver version: 1.3.5/5.1 > Mac OS partitions: 0 > Removable media: yes > Vendor: MATSHITA > Revision number: C113/X113 > Product ID: DVD-ROM SR-8174 > Serial number: Not available > >> Is this one of the UJDA Matsushita drives off ebay, Tom? The 330s (CDRW) >> are v. cheap, I notice, while the DVD/CDRW combo drives fetch a fair >> whack, it seems. >>
The revision number is the firmware version. Before I updated the firmware, mine had version C113. After updating it to make it a region free, the firmware version is now X113. So, it looks like your "new" drive has already been updated to make it region free. -Laurent. -- ===================================================================== Laurent Daudelin <http://home.cox.rr.com/nemesys> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooks's Law prov.: "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later" -- a result of the fact that the expected advantage from splitting development work among N programmers is O(N) (that is, proportional to N), but the complexity and communications cost associated with coordinating and then merging their work is O(N^2) (that is, proportional to the square of N). The quote is from Fred Brooks, a manager of IBM's OS/360 project and author of "The Mythical Man-Month" (Addison-Wesley, 1975, ISBN 0-201-00650-2), an excellent early book on software engineering. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
