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Re: Beige G3 & Panasonic 7502 4x8 CD-R

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From: psydr
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:00
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I have had the same drive for a year and a half in my beige 300mhz.  Out of
the hundreds of disks burned by the device only a couple have been garbage.
Used the drive externally for about 6 mos then installed it internally.

> From: "" <macsteve@erols.com>
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> alt.comp.periphs.cdr.mac,alt.comp.periphs.cdr,aus.cdrom,aus.computers.cdrom
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:14:28 -0400
> Subject: Re: Beige G3 & Panasonic 7502 4x8 CD-R
> 
> In article <1dzqb0v.1dlme9g1qgpfr4N@p3196.net10.usyd.edu.au> ,
> KYeoh@Med.USyd.SpAmMeNoT.Edu.Au (Kwan Yeoh) wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm looking at buying a Panasonic CD writer (model 7502, external SCSI,
>> 4x8 speed) to work with my beige Macintosh G3/233 (MacOS 8.1).
>> 
>> However, there was a report on www.macintouch.com/g3 that said that this
>> model was not compatible with G3 Macs. Has anyone found this to be the
>> case? Or does it in fact work?
>> 
>> (For anyone interested, Panasonic Australia says they don't support the
>> product & the distributors here also say they don't support the product
>> with Macs. Why this model then? Well, half the price of any models
>> available in Mac stores. Still cheaper even when buying the Toast
>> software separately.)
>> 
>> Thanks for your help.
>> 
>> Kwan.
> I own a beige G3 Desktop 266 MHZ G-3 and am very happy with my Panasonic
> 7502B.  I've burned almost a hundred disks without problem other than it
> doesn't like Maxell media very well.  Beyond that, it works great!
> 
> Steve
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From: psydr <psydr@home.com>
Subject: Re: Beige G3 & Panasonic 7502 4x8 CD-R
Date: 1999/10/24
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