Menu
▾
▴
Re: [Nubus-pmac-users] Re: w28e cd rw
|
From: Vito <v_...@ya...> - 2006-03-07 07:25:35
|
To Tobias and all who are interested in the possibility of having a rw crom drive in the powerbook 1400c. I bought a teac w28 rwcdrom. Upon 1st inspection it appears not suited for the 1400c, however, when one removes the port connector from the back, one finds that it is only an adaptor, and further that the adaptor and front brvel from the original mac cdrom 12x drive fit nicely onto the read write teac w28e. Now for the bad news, after having put the rw teac into the old apple 12x read only drive case and putting it into the expansion bay , that when I turned the computer on , as soon as it sees the drive - dingdong and the black screen of death appears. What do you thing dead drive, i/o problem, adaptor failure. I will probably put the old drive back and hope that it still works, and return the new rw teac if I can get my money back. Close but no cigar. Has anyone experienced the same problem? Vito ----- Original Message ---- From: Tobias Netzel <tob...@t-...> To: nub...@li... Sent: Monday, March 6, 2006 2:53:02 PM Subject: Re: [Nubus-pmac-users] Re: w28e cd rw Hi Vito, I needed to open the case of the media bay module. Mine contained a TEAC 10x (Apple claimed 12x) CD-ROM drive whose form factor is very close to the standard slim-line CD-ROM drives. In order to dissassemble I needed to remove the four screws on the sides of the module and pull the grey bottom case. The connector adaptor board fitted with the CD-W28E. Only one of the mounting screw holes was at the same position but that's sufficient. I don't know if the media bay case of the 6x and 8x units are different. Tobias Am 06.03.2006 um 21:57 schrieb Vito: > Tobias, > > Did you have to disassemble the origninal cd rom drive and take the > innards of the teac drive and drop it into the old original mac cdrom > drive casing to make it work , or did it just fit in the bay right out > of the box. > > Vito > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Tobias Netzel <tob...@t-...> > To: nub...@li... > Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2006 11:04:52 PM > Subject: Re: [Nubus-pmac-users] CD Drive Upgrade a No Go > > > Am 02.03.2006 um 06:06 schrieb icedtrip: > >> Loosk like I learned the hard way, but it doesn't look like I will be >> able to upgrade my CD-ROM drive with my current model. A website I >> came across led me to believe that all the 1400 Drives could be >> upgraded (including the 6x, 8x, and 12x), but this looks to not be >> true. I have an 8x and purchased through Ebay a teac 8x CD-RW drive >> to do the upgrade. As it turns out, my drive doesn't have to correct >> adaptor. >> Does anyone know how I could do this with my current drive. Looks >> like if I want the 12x drive, I will have to spend $30 on ebay to buy >> one whereas the teac only cost me $10. Wouldn't I only need the >> connector itself? Is there anywhere I could buy one of these. >> > Yes, you only need the adapter of a 12x unit. Perhaps you could wait > for a defective one appearing on ebay. > >> I was hoping to get a CD-RW in this thing to be able to burn to data >> discs when need be. Once I do get this up and running, what burning >> apps would be rocommended? >> > I have been using Xcdroast as a frontend to cdrecord. However to work > with the 800x600 resolution one has to pass it a special command line > parameter and then the window is too big for the screen so one has to > move the window around to be able to access all buttons. But it is > working quite well. > You will also need the SCSI emulation kernel extension and to disable > the IDE CD-ROM driver. > In MacOS I have been using Charismac Discribe that is available as a > trial version whose trial period can be overriden by deleting a hidden > file in the System Folder. I prefer Discribe to Xcdroast because it is > very easy to create bootable HFS CDs with it what I need for the miboot > ISOs. > > >> icedtrip >> > > Tobias > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live > webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding > territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 > _______________________________________________ > Nubus-pmac-users mailing list > Nub...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live > webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding > territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel? > cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Nubus-pmac-users mailing list > Nub...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Nubus-pmac-users mailing list Nub...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users |