[MacDV] firmware upgrade for G4 400 DVD writer

[Rauno]

On 11/15/04 1:55 PM, "animal" <animal at cuug.ab.ca> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I'm looking to upgrade an old G4 400 sawtooth to 10.2 and a DVD writer.
> Due to an old scanner I have to be able to still operate this machine
> in OS9.
> 
> Both the Pioneer 105 and 106 DVD writers are compatible with this model
> - but does anyone know if I have to upgrade firmware also?  I'm
> concerned that the firmware upgrade will prevent me from using OS9.

I had an old Sawtooth to which I installed Pioneer 105 soon after it was
released.  At the time I checked the the need for the firmware and
determined it wasn't necessary, I don't remember why, but there was a
bulletin on the Apple support site.
I was using the Sawtooth in both OS9 and 10 all the way from 10.0 to 10.3
and never had any problems (still have the machine active and in occasional
use).  I even have an old SCSI card in it, which has worked about 80% of the
devices in 10.

Hope this helps at least a bit.

The address of one of the announcements from Apple.

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/powermacsuperdriveupdate.html