Hi Pat LiteOn is a brand name and you may well find that the drive is actually made by Sony or Pioneer or ...
If you are lucky, then you may find that it works perfectly with the Apple drivers that come with OS9. (Apparently most LiteOn DVD drives work well in a Mac so maybe the CD's do as well.) Clive is right. A relatively recent version of Toast (v5 or maybe even V4) will write to and read from most anything. However you may find that you can't boot from it, which may or may not be an issue for you. Another source of info is <http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso> or <http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/> and pull down the database tab. Make sure that you set the new CD-RW to the same Master/Slave setting as the one that you pull, then you will not have a conflict with any other device on the same IDE bus. A 'Shower of sparks' is not a possible outcome. Peter > > Toast well drive almost all CD-RW and on 9.1 you will not be using > diskburner although you may have to hack the apple Cd driver. There is > info on the resedit site how to do this. > > http://www.resexcellence.com/mods_classic/12-21-1998.shtml > > > On 25/02/2005, at 2:48 PM, pat crowe wrote: > >> Hi, >> I have just been given a Liteonit CD-RW drive out of a PC (E-IDE). I >> would like to utilise it in my beige G3. >> However, neither the accompanying literature nor the Liteonit internet >> site mention any combatability to the Mac OS.(I am using OS 9.1) >> Rather, only Windows systems are mentioned. >> Am I wasting my time connecting it into my beige box and hoping >> nothing will dissolve in a shower of sparks? >> PatC > > > -- > ---------------------[ Ciphire Signature ]---------------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signed email body (580 characters) > Date: on 25 February 2005 at 04:32:53 UTC > To: [email protected] > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > : Ciphire has secured this email against identity theft. > : Free download at www.ciphire.com. The garbled lines > : below are the sender's verifiable digital signature. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 00fAAAAAEAAAB1qh5CRAIAAEICAAIAAgACACAH1+j+omdgvRZvujEkONPem5TY0T > h5k5qnANU22CCEXgEAOorU1507tPH4uUmwaPdaFdP66oCAXWNGeeZAHlJrv/2ufx > bfDd3JluLIGlcN+G3QPs6GY+GXXcu+M6PNob0pGQ== > ------------------[ End Ciphire Signed Message ]---------------- > > > ------------------------------ > Outback Mac is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > End of Outback Mac Digest #927 > ****************************** > -- Outback Mac is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Outback Mac list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/obmac.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/outback.mac%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
