CDRW on Clamshell

[Dan K]

Paul Bernhardt <pbern10 at xmission.com> asks:
>I have a friend with a Clamshell iBook, Tangerine. So, it does not have 
>Firewire. The question is: what is the best way to get a CDRW for him 
>to make audio CDs via iTunes on it? I suspect that installing an 
>internal drive CDRW that replaces the existing CDRom might be best. I 
>also suspect that a USB (1.0) connected CDRW would be a bad idea. 
>Comments, agreement with my assessment, other ideas?
I've never used a USB CDRW though I hear they aren't so hot. I did 
however put a Matsushita UJDA330 into my Blueberry iBook where it works 
just fine with Toast. I haven't used iTunes for CD burning but I 
understand it's not too difficult to hack the burn support files to 
enable it. _Unless_ said iBook is running Panther which AFAIK has yet to 
be burnable hacked.

Install wasn't difficult, but it does help to have instructions. I don't 
have a url handy but there are several good iBook takeapart sites out 
there. As my iBook was acquired sans original CD door, I just used the 
generic door what came with the Matshita drive. Had to trim its corners a 
bit to get it to fit though.

hth,

Dan K


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