[G4] Fitting a Superdrive??

[Jim Reamer]

Oop's,
    I called it a Panasonic in an earlier post. I guess I meant Pioneer.
Jim
On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 05:23  PM, John Pugh wrote:

> As far as I am aware the designations A04 and DVR104 refer to the same
> thing. One is an OEM (Other equipment manufacturer) designation where 
> the
> drive has someone else's brand name on it and the other is the Pioneer
> designation. They are identical drives.
>
> The same applies to the A05 or DVR105, which I just purchased. This is 
> the
> latest version of the Pioneer drive (does not require the firmware 
> update),
> If you buy the OEM version it is much cheaper (Mine was about $180 - 
> new).
> After I installed the A05 in my G4 I had no problems burning DVDs and
> CDROMs.
>
> I bought a discounted 'CenDyne' drive from Staples. It is a Pioneer A05
> (Superdrive).
>
> G4 500MHz X 2 (GB Ethernet)
> 768MB RAM
> 40GB + 80GB HD (Maxtor)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Power Macintosh G4 List [mailto:G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com]On
> Behalf Of Daniel Brieck
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 3:58 PM
> To: Power Macintosh G4 List
> Subject: Re: [G4] Fitting a Superdrive??
>
>
> The A04 drive should still work as expected, just as the DVR-104 would,
> right. Is there any reason why not to use the A04 drive that i am not
> aware of?
>
> Dan Brieck Jr.
>
>
> On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 03:36  PM, michael Vogt wrote:
>
>> I bought mine on ebay and I got the 105  and put in my G4 400 and
>> works great
>> On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 12:46 PM, ro shriver wrote:
>>
>>> Where would one actually FIND a dvr-104??  The only
>>> one I can find is an A04, which I have recently bought
>>> but not yet installed on my Quicksilver 867.  Short of
>>> taking it in to a service center, I was unable to
>>> locate a DVR-104 which I could buy and install myself.
>>> Ro
>>
>
>
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