It is a 80 wire IDE cable that is needed. Most newer cables are 80 wire, so you should be okay. As to the external, never tried to burn 16x to an external drive. Anyone? On Sep 29, 2006, at 6:43 PM, Mary Russell wrote: > I've read that you need an 80 wire firewire cable to be able to > write a > dvd at X16. If this is correct, where can I find one to buy? I > have an external drive and an internaldrive. Both are capable of > X16. I have a G4 quicksilver running 10.4.7. > I'd appreciate any help you can give me. > Thanks, > Mary > > > > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 Brian G4 gigE 1.0 GHz Powerlogix, 1 GB RAM