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How to get DVD-Ram data onto Mac?
I have a customer who has several 5.2 gig DVD-Ram discs (the ones in cartriges), and he wants to get the data off the discs and onto another format. He has a 4.7 external drive with a scsii interface, but there is some question as to whether this drive will read the 5.2 discs, and I can’t hook it up to the Mac anyway.
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Perhaps not great advice but have you considered just taking the Ram disk to 3rd party vendor who can do the transfer for you?
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Many drive will read that DVD-ram if you remove it from the cartridge. You can look under the apple menu, about this mac, more info and look up your drive model number under hardware.
Then you can search on that model number to see what it’s capabilities are.
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All the caveats apply, of course. I also run with scissors.
https://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
[4.3.4.2] How do I remove a DVD-RAM type 2 disc from the cartridge?
Type 2 DVD-RAM cartridges allow the disc to be removed so that it can be played in standard players or drives. (However, most players and drives still won’t be able to read the disc — see 4.3.1.)
First break (yes, break) the locking pin by pushing on it with a pointed object such as a ballpoint pen. Remove the locking pin. Unlatch the cover by using a pointed object to press the indentation on the back left corner of the cartridge. Data is recorded on the unprinted side of the disc — do not touch it. When you put the bare disc back the cartridge, make sure the printed side of the shutter and the printed side of the disc face the same direction.
Most DVD-RAM drives will not allow you to write to a bare disc. Some will not allow you to write to a cartridge if the disc has been removed.
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I checked, and the specs on my drive, a Pioneer DVR-111D is supposed to be able to read DVD-Ram. My customer is going to remove the disc himself, so he assumes the risk.
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I have an old Blue and White G3 that reads DVD-RAM disks.
Any chance you can find someone with one of those in your area? Makes more sense than destroying the cartridge, if you can find one….
debe
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That’s interesting. It actually loads the cartriges?
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It could read them in or out of the cartridge.
Here’s the info on that option:
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58276
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