Heh sorry I was gonna put this in my reply but forgot to paste it: "Personally - I'd never buy a sony CDRW drive - why not get a faster (per reviews) and cheap Lite-On 40x model (40125S) or 48x (48125W) that are fully supported in OS X 10.1.5 or 10.2. (Check for reports here on those drives before buying)"
A quote from the almighty Mike at xlr8yourmac. Do a search under CDRW/IDE/Sony, 7th one down.. Granted it was a newer CRX195A1 but in this case it seems history is merely repeating itself.. > I have a blue G3 with a G4/400 card in it (Newer Tech) and I want to > replace the standard 32x CD-ROM drive with a CDRW drive. I need it to > be able to boot from OS 9 and OS X CDs, work in OS 9 (just not crash on > startup, as some do), and burn discs in OS X. It would also be nice if > it was quiet and fast - a 24x or higher with a 40x read speed would be > fine, but a faster burn would be nicer. > > I've been to www.xlr8yourmac.com and looked at the drive compatibility > reports, and so far the one that seems to have some nice positive > feedback (works with pretty much everything in OS 9 and OS X) is the > Sony CRX175A1 (not the A-A1 or the A1/C1 or anything, just plain A1). > It's kinda difficult to search their site by compatibility, you pretty > much have to go by model and look for the ones that are compatible. > Also, not very many reviews were submitted with Jaguar, because it was > released just a short time ago. > > So could anyone here who's added an IDE CDRW to their blue G3 tell me > how theirs is working and which model they have? I'd really appreciate > it. > -- Chris http://www.towelhead.net http://www.mp3.com/stemcellvirus http://www.mp3.com/towelhead -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:g-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:g-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
