[CUBE] Internal DVD recorder

[Leo B.]

> Well, believe me, I purchased an after-market DVD-R player and put it 
> into a B&W G3. I didn't have to change a thing - it showed up 

Where did you purchase this from?  What is the firmware revision of your
drive.  I am just talking through experience, not just me, but from many,
many other cube owners out there.  I don't want to give the reader a false
impression that they will be able to buy this and it will work in the cube.
The firmware numbers are different, that means THE FIRMWARE IS DIFFERENT.

> The problem is in the Cube firmware and it's interaction with the 
> driver frameworks that Apple provides. I know about Patchburn 
> and what 
> it does is patch the driver, not the firmware on the drive.

I never said it did anything to the firmware.  Patchburn allows the
non-supported drive to be used as a supported drive (but editing the
framework/driver/whatever)


> If you want to find out more about this stuff, check the best source 
> for the info, the Firmware Page at http://forum.rpc1.org/ rather than 
> relying on second hand information.

I am well aware of this site, and it rarely mentions the this drive for the
mac -- and when it does, it is almost NEVER for the cube.  Another site to
refer to is http://superdrive.cynikal.net/ -- this drive was made for people
that have TRUE apple installed UJ-815 drives (with the APPROPRIATE apple
firmware).  This site allows UJ-815 drives that used to be only 1xDVDR to be
upgraded to 2xDVDR.  The firmware located at the bottom of the page will not
work with PC-Based firmware.  It only allows to upgrade previous apple
firmware.