This is mostly a re-post from 4-20-2k.
"Last night I *solved* the problem of my QUE! 4/4/24 not mounting to the desk top. After going to the Mitsumi (who make the actual drive) home page, I learned the drive is actually a ATAPI Enhanced IDE Interface unit, that QUE! fashioned a Firewire interface for. The B/W G3 already uses this interface for the internal DVD drive and has an "extra" IDE and power connector in place. I popped the CD-RW out of it's plastic case, and with a "nip and a tuck" to the G3, it slid right in under the DVD! I changed the jumper on the back of the CD-RW from Master to Slave, and it booted right up! Since the motherboard is set up for only one audio input I still cannot listen to audio from the CD-RW, but a simple switch between the DVD and CD-RW will solve that as well. I get a "wrong driver" message when I launch Toast, but that doesn't seem to be a problem."
I purchased Toast Deluxe anyway because I am wanting to transcribe some of my old vinyl to CD. If I was to do it again, I might just buy the bare drive, although it probably wouldn't come with the matching translucent frost front bezel. I do now have a cool looking case with a firewire interface that could be used for external storage.
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