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Buying an IDE burner- for the iMac?

Posted by Cliff on from the iBurner dept.

danboid asks: "I'm going to buy an 'internal' IDE burner for my iMac (revision A- I have to open it up and lead an IDE cable out and buy a power supply for it though!) so I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations or could tell me what to look out for or avoid. I will probably be burning under Linux but I'd like to get a burning program for Mac OS X- has anybody had any experience with such a setup?"

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  1. Check xlr8yourmac.com... by catseye · · Score: 4, Informative
    Probably the best reference on the 'net for hacking your Mac is xlr8yourmac.com. For your little project, you'll probably want to check out the drive compatibility database. Do a search for "CDRW", "IDE" and "iMac" as computer type -- when I tried it, I got 18 hits from other people who had done something similar to you.

    Of course, you didn't indicate whether you have one of the original iMacs or a slot-loading model, but it should be possible in either case.

    Good luck!

    -A.

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