on 28/02/03 15:54, Tony Coult at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ongoing report on Matsushita Pismo DVD drive, as promised. It cost £160, not > £190, plus VAT. It had a white sticker over the model number which > unfortunately got mangled when I put it in the machine. However the model > number on the case is M7388(MKE(hash)CR-175). The box says Made in Japan, > but the module says Assembled in Taiwan. There is a black sticky label > saying PowerBook DVD-ROM Module. Underneath is the original wording: > Macintosh Powerbook G3 Series 24X CD-ROM Module. This suggests, does it, > that Apple took an older, unused casing and put DVD hardware in? Hence it > being described as "Refurbished". The casing looks new. It fits much more > snugly than my old, dead LG modules. At first it would not appear to eject > properly and there was a nightmare halfhour where everything seemed to jam > up and even the power button wouldn't function. It seems that, unlike the > looser-toleranced LGs, which spat the discs out, the Mats just grunts twice > and you have to pull it open from underneath. So far it does everything > fine, though DVD playback seems jerky on some discs. I think this may be > software rather than hardware. We shall see. TONY
The CR-175 is a CD drive as fitted in Lombards and I think Pismos As a matter of interest what model does ASP say it is ? Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic www.pbfanatic.co.uk MSN Messenger - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ - 47738640 -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
