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G3 B&W and Cheapo CDRW (IDE)
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Join Date: Feb 2001
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I have several G3 B&W machines with dead CD drives. I want to buy several cheap (<$50) CD-RW IDE drives to replace them. I'm running Jaguar.
Will one of those cheapo Memorex CDRW ($40) IDE drives work in my B&W G3 350MHz Mac?
If not, is there an inexpensive Mac compatible CDRW you would recommend?
Thanks!
-SM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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i use a 15 dollar 52 X burner with my Dual 867.
find a drive you want anc see if it works with OS X at xlr8yourmac.com
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"Take a little dope...and walk out in the air"
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
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Mac Pro 2x 2.66 GHz Dual core, Apple TV 160GB, two Windows XP PCs
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Moderator  Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Atlanta, GA
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One thing to watch out for with the 3rd party drives is that many of them won't be able to boot your machine if you have a problem. But the database listed above should steer you in the right direction.
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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Most of them will boot just fine. The only thing is that you'll need to get Toast to use the drive if you run OS 9. (OS X is more forgiving.)
tooki
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: middle of the USA
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I slapped in a $30 Lite-On burner that I picked up at one of those (PC) computer shows. Works good in OS9, great in X running Toast.
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