Burning 90-min (800 MB) CD-Rs

My G4 has this optical drive built in: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4481B. Does anyone know whether it will burn 90-minute (800 MB) CD-Rs? Data or Audio?
I was told that the reason why most shops (even, e.g., ProTape) no longer stock CD-R 90s is that so many people found that they could not be burnt in their systems.
If my drive (as above) will burn CD-R 90s, should such burnt CDs then be playable (a) on most CD players if they are audio CDs, (b) on most computer-based optical drives, including PCs, if data CDs?
Any information will be very useful. Thanks in anticipation.

From the deafening silence, I deduce that it is not a good idea to try to burn 90-minute CDs. In any case I have now had a different optical drive installed.

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