Not long after I resurrected my AIO G3 in an MT case (hence "FrankenMac"), I upgraded the 24x CD-ROM drive to an 8x4x32x CD-RW drive, as well as to an internal ATA zip 750 drive. I realize that the zip 750 drive will not write to a zip 100 disk, but it's s'pposed to be backward compatible on being able to read zip 100 disks. When I insert a zip 100 disk, however, the system goes nuts on me...beeping, and showing the yellow error window telling me that the disk is damaged, and any data that's on it may be lost. This problem disappeared, for the short time that I had OS X 10.2 installed on the master drive, and OS 9.1 on the slave drive (unless I was booted to the slave drive).
Would I do good to go backward, to an internal ATA zip 250 drive (that can read & write zip 100 disks), and put the ATA zip 750 drive into an external FireWire case? If I do this, I'd only use the zip 750 drive to read/write zip 750 disks, and the zip 250 drive for zip 100 & zip 250 disks. I've also been using two SD cards, of 64MB & 256MB sizes, through the Dazzle USB SD Card reader, that I'd bought thinking I was picking up the Memory Stick reader (I have a Sony camera that uses Memory Sticks), and I'm thinking about a multi-card reader and investing in a 1GB CF card or two, so my zip drive question may be somewhat moot, at this point. Since I plan to work with music, in the coming future (still collecting needed "toys"), my logic is to store music on a zip 750 disk, which with formatting is relatively the same capacity as CD-R & CD-RW discs, so that I could do a burn directly from zip to CD. Then again, might I be better off buying a 2-space external FireWire case, and install both the zip 750 & CD-RW drives in that? Of all that I intend to do, with my current Mac, and that I'm planning to add a 2nd Power Macintosh G3 or G4, in the future, I'm kind of feeling like a "geek without a plan." :-P Matt in Indiana -- "FrankenMac" MT; 333MHz G3; 768MB RAM; 30GB & 20GB HDs; zip 750; 8x4x32x CD-RW; Sonnet Tango USB/FireWire; M-Audio Audiophile 2496; ATI Radeon 7000 -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
