Anyone know who makes this?

Kevin · 12-21-2001, 10:16 PM

http://www.ocworkbench.com/archives/.../dualdrive.jpg
Damn I want one of those. My DVD drive at school doesn't seem to be working up to par and i've always considered grabbing a firewire card and firewire CDRW for the system, but this is much better! (keep in mind the Chilli Pro only has one 5.25" drive bay)
-Kev

Bollocks · 12-22-2001, 07:15 AM

I would check but i keep getting dns errors whenever i try to access the site

iceheart · 12-22-2001, 09:23 AM

It doesn't seem to work.

Kevin · 12-22-2001, 12:08 PM

I just checked it, guys. It is working. Maybe the site was down earlier.
-Kev

WebMasta33 · 12-22-2001, 12:46 PM

I just emailed the guys at OC workbench. Maybe'll they'll get back to me and tell me what's up with that drive.

Kevin · 12-22-2001, 02:12 PM

Thx Webmasta33. That drive looks tight!

WebMasta33 · 12-23-2001, 01:25 AM

Ok... I emailed him, and this was his responce, quoted entirly...

"dual drive. a dvd-rom + CD-RW in one. available in Jpana
made by matsuhshita"

Hm.... Well, I like the idea, but that's a little far to swim for me.

Kevin · 12-23-2001, 02:08 AM

Matsushita usually means Panasonic if it ever gets released in the USA.
-Kev

Brad · 12-27-2001, 08:41 PM

Akiba had some stuff on it too, can't find the link now.

everyone was actually talking about it for use in the shuttle sv24, Kev and numerous others think of the Chilli Pro of course.

beav · 12-31-2001, 03:50 PM

Apple has some killer combo drives in their laptops...but you wouldn't care because you all are pc people

Brad · 12-31-2001, 04:08 PM

also the fact they are only a single drive, while this one has two seperate drives.

btw beav, Dell have had combo drives for at least 9 months now in their laptops.

beav · 12-31-2001, 04:12 PM

delll...pssssh!

dell is weak soss...the pb g4 is the ultimate laptop...and you know it.

Brad · 12-31-2001, 04:20 PM

apart from the fact it is ugly, slow, and is an apple

iceheart · 12-31-2001, 08:38 PM

ahahah the only thing "ultimate" about macs are 2 things and they both have 4 letters and start with an S...

Jonas · 12-31-2001, 09:10 PM

email me, and i may be able to get ya one from japan. i still have a ton of boyz over there, and i am sure they could make a trip to akihabara if i asked nicely

Brad · 01-01-2002, 01:03 AM

ultimate shit. good thinking ice

iShit, available in two colours, brown, and the special edition, green. Ok, I'll stop now

Kevin · 01-01-2002, 02:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by beav
delll...pssssh!

dell is weak soss...the pb g4 is the ultimate laptop...and you know it.

Ya know my family bought an iMac a while back, and while the thing is slow as hell, I do like OS X. The new PB Ti Books are very speedy, and the screens are BEAUTIFUL. Add to the fact that they look fuggin awesome and are ultra thin and you have a winner. If I ever buy a laptop, it will be that one.
-Kev

melvyn · 01-01-2002, 02:41 PM

Have you considerd a combo drive such as the Ricoh MP9120?? DVD and CR/RW in one 5 1/4 bay. You can't do on-the-fly disk to disk like you could with the dual drive, but a combo may be more available.

Brad · 01-01-2002, 04:46 PM

I know that Kev would prefer to have two seperate drives. Which seems to leave this drive only in the equation.

Unless kev....you could buy 2x laptop drives, mount them together, make a faceplate, and buy 2x laptop ide to normal ide converters.

Kev, the pbg4 isn't that fast when you are playing games...

Kevin · 01-01-2002, 06:02 PM

yah what brad said... 2 drives would be great. And i'm just always loving the new innovations. I'm just curious about that and if it can run as two drives at one time, if it has two IDE connections in the back, etc...

and yah brad I know the Apple TiBooks aren't and fast as the new dells or anything, but to me the looks and screen outweigh the speed loss. Plus I like playing w/ new things like OS X.

-Kev

Brad · 01-01-2002, 06:17 PM

it does have two connectors, it is two completely seperate drives, I saw the pics on akiba.

To me, I'd prefer a dell 15" at 1600x1200 being powered by a Radeon 7500 with 64mb than I would a 15.2" at 1152 x 768 being powered by generic Radeon with 16mb. The looks are nice, so is the weight, but it doesn't worry me enough to consider the PB G4 seriously.

12-21-2001, 10:16 PM	#1
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	Anyone know who makes this? http://www.ocworkbench.com/archives/.../dualdrive.jpg Damn I want one of those. My DVD drive at school doesn't seem to be working up to par and i've always considered grabbing a firewire card and firewire CDRW for the system, but this is much better! (keep in mind the Chilli Pro only has one 5.25" drive bay) -Kev __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.

12-22-2001, 07:15 AM	#2
Bollocks Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 54	I would check but i keep getting dns errors whenever i try to access the site __________________ Bollocks -------------- Celeron 466@525 stable Plans for H20 setup in HX08

12-22-2001, 09:23 AM	#3
iceheart Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Yonder Posts: 318	It doesn't seem to work. __________________ "If the majority is smarter than you, does that make everyone else a geek, or does it make you retarded?" - pHaestus

12-22-2001, 12:08 PM	#4
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	I just checked it, guys. It is working. Maybe the site was down earlier. -Kev __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.

12-22-2001, 12:46 PM	#5
WebMasta33 Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 526	I just emailed the guys at OC workbench. Maybe'll they'll get back to me and tell me what's up with that drive. __________________ ========== --Soyo KT333 DRAGON Ultra (Platinum Edition) --AMD 1.4 @ 1.54 (11x) --768mb of PC2100 (@140FSB) --Asus v8200 GeForce3 @ 210/490 --Maxtor 40gb Quiet + 2 IBM 40gb 60GXPs (removable) + 8gb WD --Audigy --Maze 3, DD Gf3 block, 2x BIX, Eheim1250 ===========

12-22-2001, 02:12 PM	#6
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	Thx Webmasta33. That drive looks tight! __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.

12-23-2001, 01:25 AM	#7
WebMasta33 Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 526	Ok... I emailed him, and this was his responce, quoted entirly... "dual drive. a dvd-rom + CD-RW in one. available in Jpana made by matsuhshita" Hm.... Well, I like the idea, but that's a little far to swim for me. __________________ ========== --Soyo KT333 DRAGON Ultra (Platinum Edition) --AMD 1.4 @ 1.54 (11x) --768mb of PC2100 (@140FSB) --Asus v8200 GeForce3 @ 210/490 --Maxtor 40gb Quiet + 2 IBM 40gb 60GXPs (removable) + 8gb WD --Audigy --Maze 3, DD Gf3 block, 2x BIX, Eheim1250 ===========

12-23-2001, 02:08 AM	#8
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	Matsushita usually means Panasonic if it ever gets released in the USA. -Kev __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.

12-27-2001, 08:41 PM	#9
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	Akiba had some stuff on it too, can't find the link now. everyone was actually talking about it for use in the shuttle sv24, Kev and numerous others think of the Chilli Pro of course.

12-31-2001, 03:50 PM	#10
beav Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Danville Posts: 96	Apple has some killer combo drives in their laptops...but you wouldn't care because you all are pc people __________________ What a chump.

12-31-2001, 04:08 PM	#11
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	also the fact they are only a single drive, while this one has two seperate drives. btw beav, Dell have had combo drives for at least 9 months now in their laptops.

12-31-2001, 04:12 PM	#12
beav Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Danville Posts: 96	delll...pssssh! dell is weak soss...the pb g4 is the ultimate laptop...and you know it. __________________ What a chump.

12-31-2001, 04:20 PM	#13
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	apart from the fact it is ugly, slow, and is an apple

12-31-2001, 08:38 PM	#14
iceheart Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Yonder Posts: 318	ahahah the only thing "ultimate" about macs are 2 things and they both have 4 letters and start with an S...

12-31-2001, 09:10 PM	#15
Jonas Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Jackson, MI Posts: 94	email me, and i may be able to get ya one from japan. i still have a ton of boyz over there, and i am sure they could make a trip to akihabara if i asked nicely __________________ "...as soon as you're born you start dying; so you might as well have a good time..."

01-01-2002, 01:03 AM	#16
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	ultimate shit. good thinking ice iShit, available in two colours, brown, and the special edition, green. Ok, I'll stop now

01-01-2002, 02:41 PM	#18
melvyn Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 69	Not quite the same but... Have you considerd a combo drive such as the Ricoh MP9120?? DVD and CR/RW in one 5 1/4 bay. You can't do on-the-fly disk to disk like you could with the dual drive, but a combo may be more available.

01-01-2002, 04:46 PM	#19
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	I know that Kev would prefer to have two seperate drives. Which seems to leave this drive only in the equation. Unless kev....you could buy 2x laptop drives, mount them together, make a faceplate, and buy 2x laptop ide to normal ide converters. Kev, the pbg4 isn't that fast when you are playing games...

01-01-2002, 06:02 PM	#20
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	yah what brad said... 2 drives would be great. And i'm just always loving the new innovations. I'm just curious about that and if it can run as two drives at one time, if it has two IDE connections in the back, etc... and yah brad I know the Apple TiBooks aren't and fast as the new dells or anything, but to me the looks and screen outweigh the speed loss. Plus I like playing w/ new things like OS X. -Kev __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.

01-01-2002, 06:17 PM	#21
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	it does have two connectors, it is two completely seperate drives, I saw the pics on akiba. To me, I'd prefer a dell 15" at 1600x1200 being powered by a Radeon 7500 with 64mb than I would a 15.2" at 1152 x 768 being powered by generic Radeon with 16mb. The looks are nice, so is the weight, but it doesn't worry me enough to consider the PB G4 seriously.

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