[G4] Pioneer 109 Purchase advice needed

[James Pacyga]

The 109 works great in my G4/500/AGP.  No proc upgrade, and I can do 
4.7gb data disks in about 5 mins.

I too am not sure you can do the ZIP drive slot (although the 109 is 
shorter than my original DVD-RAM...

Use PATCHBURN to get the drive recognized if need be (but I think Tiger 
may well have the profile built in - Tiger does not).

Newegg is the way to go - forget Ebay you'll pay more for used.


On Jun 19, 2005, at 4:28 AM, Thomas J. Fobia wrote:

> Hello All,
>    I have recently searched ebay for the Pioneer 109 drive that I 
> would like to upgrade into my 400MHZ G4. They have a lot listed as new 
> with ATAPI/E-IDE connections but none mention the Mac operating 
> systems (just PC OS's). Are these not the correct Pioneer 109's for a 
> Mac?  Most of these sellers are asking $17+ for S&H. Has anyone out 
> there in G4 land made this upgrade recently and could offer their 
> advice? I am not necessarily looking for the cheapest way to go but 
> rather the most effecient way with a good seller that will listen if 
> theres a problem.
>
> I just upgraded to the Tiger OSX.4.0.1 and also the Photshop CS2. Both 
> are great and I am slowly coming over completely to the OSX side and 
> getting away from the older OS9.2.2 though I like having the best of 
> both worlds.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide!
>
> Tom
>
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