Paul, > Just to set your mind 100% at rest, both Apple System Profiler and > Toast Titanium report the drive as a PIONEER DVD-105, so unless > there's some huge hideous conspiracy going on I think that you can > take it as read that the aforementioned Cendyne drive really is a > Pioneer drive. ;-) Thanks much! Now I'll set out to find a good firewire box to put it in. Take care, Frank Wiewandt