"Mark Edward Attew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >Has anyone tried making their own DVD-R/W using a Panasonic/Matshita >drive and their old DVD caddy from their Pismo? I was going to buy an >MCE drive, but 1. They're out of stock and 2. They're about $500 >shipped. I was looking at the slot loading Panasonic slimline multi >drive UJ-815 which sells for about $299 and is what is being shipped in >the new 17" Powerbooks. Think it would work or should I just wait for >the MCE? It _should_ work fine hardware-wise, the drive you mention is of the standard slim formfactor which fits right in the Lombard/Pismo caddy. In fact if you get the tray-load version (UJ-811/UJ-812) it _may_ even be usable with the original Apple/Matshita faceplate. <http://www.esbuy.com/paslno2xdv.html> Hmm, a slotload mechanism in a Pismo _does_ have its appeal though . . . :-)
I tested a Toshiba SD-R6012 DVD-R inside a Pismo optical caddy and it worked with DVD Studio Pro and Toast, but not with iDVD. I don't know what iDVD looks for to decide if a Mac + DVD-writer is supported or not. There are quite a few slim DVD-R drives available these days, any mechanism should fit the caddy and work at least with DVDSP and/or Toast: <http://www.esbuy.com/sldvdre.html> I'd go the build-it-yourself route, but that's just me. :-) As always, I invite you to check out my still-to-be-completed EBMs page: <http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/ebms.html> If you go ahead, please let us know how it goes! Dan K -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
