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Mac 8 & 9 version

Mac X version

Mac System
Requirements

Windows version

Windows
System Requirements

Mt. Rainier FAQs







Mac System Requirements

Processor - Apple Power Macintosh and Imacs

Operating System - Mac O/S 8.5 to 9.2, and Mac X

Bus Support - SCSI, ATAPI, USB, FireWire

Drive - CD-RW drives listed below

Memory - 2 MB RAM, 15 MB Hard Disk Space

The following is a list of drives currently supported by WriteCD-RW! for Mac. Please check the model number of the actual drive in the case, as many Brands actually buy and integrate drives made by the manufacturers listed below. This drive list will be updated continuously as we add support for new drives

Mt. Rainier
IDE/ATAPI
  • HL Data Storage RW/DVD GCC-4120B, CD-RW GCE-8160B
  • LG CD-RW CED-8120B, 8083B
  • Matsushita 7585 (tested firmware 1.04)
  • Matsushita UJDA340, UJDA71
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  • Mitsumi CR-4804TE
  • NEC CB-2100A, NR-7700A, 7800A, 7800B, 7900A, 8400A, 8500A, 9100A
  • Philips OEM ATAPI drive identifying itself as "4x4x32"
  • Plextor PX-W1210A (tested firmware 1.02)
  • Plextor PX-W2410A
  • Ricoh CD-R/RW RW7063A (firmware 1.90)
  • Ricoh DVD/CDRW MP9120
  • Sony CRX145E/CH ("Spressa Professional 10x/4x/32x")
  • Sony CRX 120E, 140E, 145E, 155E, 160E, 170E, 175E, 200E, and 700E.
  • Teac CD-W28E, CD-W512EB, CD-W216E, CD-W540E
  • Toshiba SD-R1002 (CD-RW/DVD-ROM combination drive; tested fimware 1038)
  • Toshiba SD-R2002 (CD-RW/DVD-ROM combination drive; tested fimware 1B27)
  • Yamaha CRW2200E, CRW3200E
SCSI
  • Melco CDRW-S8432
  • Plextor CD-RW PX-W124TS
  • Sony CRX 140S, 145S, 160S, and 700S.
USB
  • IO Data CDRW-i64/USB (firmware 1.90)
  • Plextor PX-W2410A, PX-S88T
  • Teac CD-RW280PU
FireWire
  • LaCie 8x4x24 Pocket CDRW (Sony CRX 700E)


USB-Specific Issues
SAI has found that if a disc is in the USB drive during startup the USB Manager will assign Apple's USB driver to the CD-RW drive, so that the CD-RW disc is mounted as a locked volume. To make sure that the SAI driver loads for the CD-RW drive, please startup with no disc in the CD-RW drive. We are currently working with Apple to resolve this issue.

Drive-Specific Issues
- Toshiba SD-R1002 and SD-R2002 CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combination Drives- WriteCD-RW! only provides a driver for the CD-RW mechanism of this drive. DVD functionality may be limited or non-existent when used with WriteCD-RW!.

- Plextor PX-W1210A This drive does not provide media type information. Therefore, WriteCD-RW! cannot tell the difference between a CD-ROM and a CD-RW disc when used with this drive. Read-only CD-ROM discs will still work, but may appear to be writable.

- Ricoh CD-R/RW RW7063A (IO Data CDRW-i64/USB) This drive will fail on the first low level erase of a piece of media if the firmware revision of the drive is 1.70. If you reinsert that piece of media and perform a high level erase the media will work fine. With version 1.90 of the firmware there isn't any problem performing a low level erase.



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