[Ti] Re: Dual Layer cable for Powerbook G4 400

[Dan K]

I wrote:
>>The only issue is 
>>Master/Slave status, depending on the drive you source, you may have to 
>>mod the cable to force the drive to show up as bus Master in your 400 
>>TiBook.

to which Mikael Bystr?m <mikael.bystrom at punkass.com> replied:
>yes, I hadn't thought of that issue yet. Thanks.

See my page:
<http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/PB_99_2K_EBM_sled.html>

While this details the same mod for Lombard/Pismo EBMs, it's the same 
pins involved on your TiBook's cable. A very easy mod, I had to do this 
when I recently installed a . . .

>I guess I'm going to get one. Anyone think there are better DVD-RW drives
>than Sony out there?

Pioneer DVR-K05 in 'scruffy', my DVI TiBook. scruffy simply refused to 
boot from CD with the 'C' key held down until I did the mod.

see this thread :
<http://www.applefritter.com/node/9537>

for some relevant discussion.

FYI, the DVR-K05 cost me ~US$90 from zipzoomfly:
<http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=171021>

dan k

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