Re: Optical drive to MacPro

From	Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Date	2016-12-11 08:45 -0800
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Subject	Re: Optical drive to MacPro

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On 2016-12-11 14:32:36 +0000, Alan Browne 
<alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> said:

> On 2016-12-10 21:06, JF Mezei wrote:
>> Since the 2013 MacPro comes with no peripherals, one has to add them
>> manually. Got a SATA to Thunderbolt disk box to support my 4 drives.
>> 
>> Now, I need to get an optical drive.
>> 
>> I have a thunderbolt port free on the disk box and on the Mac,  But all
>> 4 USB2 ports are taken.
>> 
>> Looking around, most of the externmal optical drives appears to be USB3.
>> 
>> I found a USB3 to Thunderbolt adaptor, but it is CAD $140. (probably
>> about USD $100 ).
>> 
>> Any suggestions on how to go about this? Since thunderbolt has better
>> performance than USB-2 (think about doing 125gig backup to BlueRay). and
>> since I have spare Tghunderbolt ports but not USB, what sort of gizmos
>> exist to make this happen ? Is that $100 adaptor what I have to pay?  (I
>> was hoping USB3 to Thunderbolt could be passive, I guess not).
>> 
>> From an OS point of view. any gotchas with an optical drive going
>> through USB3 to Thunderbold to get to the Mac ? Would OS-X recognize
>> pretty much any optiocal drive or is it like the old days where it only
>> recognizes its own ?
>> 
>> 
>> Another option is to get a SATA to USB-2 adaptor for optical drive, get
>> a USB2 hub.
>> 
>> The issue is that the mroe I wait , the more those legacy tehcnolopgies
>> become harder to find.
>> 
>> Longer term, should I expect to fit that Mac with more Thunderbolt to
>> USB3 adaptors ?
> 
> Don't sweat the interface.  Blu Ray Write rates aren't even up to USB 2 
> and I'm not sure about read rates - but USB 3 will cover it in spades.
> 
> ASUS make some good optical drives at very reasonable prices.  One 
> caveat is they may need two free USB ports in order to get enough 
> current unless there are models with separate power inputs.

My working CD/DVD/BR optical drive, is an LG FW800 I bought from OWC years ago.

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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  Re: Optical drive to MacPro Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-11 02:18 +0000
    Re: Optical drive to MacPro Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-12-11 02:53 +0000
    Re: Optical drive to MacPro Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-12-11 03:06 +0000
    Re: Optical drive to MacPro JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-12-10 23:59 -0500
      Re: Optical drive to MacPro dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-12-11 22:14 +1300
        Re: Optical drive to MacPro nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-11 07:36 -0500
        Re: Optical drive to MacPro JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-12-11 21:11 -0500
          Re: Optical drive to MacPro dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-12-12 16:30 +1300
            Re: Optical drive to MacPro JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-12-12 00:51 -0500
              Re: Optical drive to MacPro David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2016-12-12 16:41 -0600
                Re: Optical drive to MacPro JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-12-13 12:30 -0500
                Re: Optical drive to MacPro Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-13 16:15 -0500
                Re: Optical drive to MacPro Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-13 22:49 +0000
              Re: Optical drive to MacPro dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-12-13 13:17 +1300
                Re: Optical drive to MacPro JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-12-13 13:22 -0500
          Re: Optical drive to MacPro Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-12 07:03 +0000
            Re: Optical drive to MacPro dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-12-13 13:17 +1300
              Re: Optical drive to MacPro Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-13 05:27 +0000
                Re: Optical drive to MacPro dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-12-13 22:29 +1300
      Re: Optical drive to MacPro Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-11 17:46 +0000
  Re: Optical drive to MacPro Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-11 09:32 -0500
    Re: Optical drive to MacPro Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-12-11 08:45 -0800

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