i can use my usb pcmcia card with the maxtor 5000dv with no problem...it is even fast enough for me to burn cds on my powerbook with the mce cdrw in the right bay.
with the newertech firewire 2 go card, i get the firewire icon in os9.2.2, but no drive boots up, no matter whether i restart/plug-unplug the firewire connection after restart/or powerup-powerdown the maxtor drive. in os10.2.6, i get nothing. the usb card works on both systems very well.
i am using a generic wallstreet g3/266 with 512mb ram (my powerlogix g3/466 card seems to have burnt out). i seem to have no problems with most applications with this setup.
what i'd like to know is what firewire pcmcia cards people have that work well with the wallstreets. it seems owc has their own model, with a number of other cards available...all at different prices...it would be helpful to know if the cheaper one is just as good as the most expensive...i.e. $30 to $79:
http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Page.cfm?Parent=1009&Title=PowerBook%20Accessories&Template=
thanks for any information!
best future, john
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I have this card on a g3 wall street and run it successfully on OS( and 10.1 and 10.2 now.
You should get an image of a card in the menu bar under OS10.2, but not 10.1 In OS9 an image of the card appears on the desktop.
In OS 9 there are two extensions which need to be switched on for firewire. One of them incorporates drivers for the card. IN OS X no additional drivers are needed. I use mine exclusively for a formac cd burner, at the moment. About to add an external hard drive when it arrives. Absolutley no problem with Jaguar II assure you.
Perhaps it is your peripheral device that is not being recognised. I remember that with toast, the formac cd rw was not recognised. But with Apple's own cd burner it is. So I ditched Toast, as unnecessary.
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From my experience--
In my WS 266 (os 9.2.1) I note that my NewerTech pc card, like all my pc cards, must be carefully seated in either slot. If you are not careful, you may misseat it and even damage the cage--apply slight pressure to keep it going in level but pulled up toward the top or pushed a little toward the bottom. I always put mine in the top, but it may do just as well in the bottom.
There is a "spring loading" of sorts so you do have to push harder right before the limit is reached going in.
Some dexterity required--probably why a lot of cages in Wallstreets wind up damaged. Mine was replaced under Applecare once. But guess who damaged it--a technician, while it was in for motherboard replacement.
BTW, I had to buy a "newer" firewire card, from Western Digital, to work with the firewire drive I bought. Newer was not new enough.
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