"Ken Norris (dialup)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: >I have a 1400 I'd like to try a DVD drive with some driver software for OS >8.6. Is there anything available other than a SCSI DVD? A DVD drive will fit and work in a PB1400 12X EBM, and read DVD data.
However, I'm pretty darn sure you _cannot_ play DVD movies on _any_ PB1400 because the 1400's built-in _video_ hardware (not talking here about the decoding) can't handle the job. The alternative of using a cardbus (the only kind!) DVD docoder/zoomed-video card will not work as PBs 1400 cannot accept or use any cardbus PC cards, nor does it have the required zoomed video circuitry. Craig W. chimed in: >Secondly, I read about a mod that worked w/ a DVD drive in a 1400, but >the picture when showing a movie was s-l-o-w and jerky... BUT the user >only had 183mhz PPC upgraded 1400. I have a 400mhz processor... I'd sure like to read about that mod, got a link? FWIW, I tried quite a number of approaches using a Matsushita UJDA-730 in my G3-333 1400C and got nowhere. PBs 1400 can hold an EBM CD/RW, however the only SW which is alleged to work with an internal CDRW in a PB1400 is "B's Recorder Gold". All other softwares I've tried have failed, including Toasts up to v5.1.4, Disk Burner, Disk Copy 6.5, iTunes 1 and 2, plus more I'm not remembering right now. I don't have "B's Recorder Gold" and don't have a purchase source, but I haven't looked in awhile. Here's the link to my EBM page (as usual :-): http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/ebms.html Dan K PS: Paging Craig W! Paging Craig W! Please stop perpetuating the 16bit-USB-cards rumor! Give it up already! Please? Pretty please?!? Pretty pretty please?!? :-) They apparently never existed! Well at least no-one here has _ever_ actually seen one in person. With the vast range of experience on this list, I consider it highly unlikely such a thing existed without being known to _someone_ here. In any case, even if they _did_ exist (which I doubt), they are today unobtainable and therefore maybe you might not want to continually tease folks in such a fashion. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your co-operation!!! :-) ................................. http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 ................................. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
