[G4] Adding a Sony DVD drive

[sr ferenczy]

as far as i know, apple is still using the pioneer drives as the 
"superdrive" in the powermacs. i believe it is now the A05/105 drive 
(4x dvd-r burning) now, apple doesnt list the superdrive as supporting 
dvd-rw, but this is NOT dvd+rw. apple does not disable the dvd-rw, they 
just refuse to advertise it for some reason (i forget the true details, 
but i think you might need a 3rd party burning utility->toast, etc<- to 
burn dvd-rw..)

peace
sandor

On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 03:34  AM, David Crandon wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I know that the new Macs use a Sony "universal" DVD R drive. I have
> heard that Apple disables the DVD+R/W part of the drive though.
>
> Has anyone found a way to enable that part of the drive? Is is possible
> to buy the same Sony universal drive elsewhere (for a second drive) and
> be able to use all formats?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Crandon
>
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