[G4] Swapping a DVD drive between Mac and PC

[Eytan Bercovitch]

Thanks to those who offered advice.  I finally figured
out the problem.  My PC notebook does have a firewire
port but it was not meant for use except for attaching
to a video camera--it has 4 pin not 6 pin.  To get a
fully working firewire port I must add a firewire card
that allows a 6 pin connection.  This costs about $40
apparently.  So, watch out for those 4 pin versions on
PCs.
--- Steve Goldstein <sng at cox.net> wrote:
> I just plug it in to a port on the FW card in my PC
> or in my Mac.  No 
> problem.  I have a plain old Pioneer DVR-105. 
> --Steve
> 
> 
> >I have been using a La Cie external firewire DVD/CD
> rw drive with my 
> >Mac.  It was the "Mac version".
> >------
> >Does anyone know what I need to do so that I can
> use my DVD drive 
> >with my PC?  In principle it should be possible,
> since my PC has 
> >firewire.
> 
> 
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