MFDS, These threads make good reading for anyone wishing to do what you are trying to do.
http://www.pprune.org/cgibin/ultimat...&f=35&t=001100
http://www.pprune.org/cgibin/ultimat...&f=35&t=000651
They're quite recent; my post about the Belkin kit may be useful. I use it myself with my Sony Vaio in the USB port.
And, yes, I have a Freecom Traveller CD writer and it works well in the Vaio running Roxio EZCD 5.0 on Windows ME. The Traveller isn't supported by EZCD 5.0 on Win 2000 but the "Ahead" nero software will run the writer. All this is explained in the threads referenced and e-mail me if I can help further.
[ 04 August 2001: Message edited by: fobotcso ]