>Right you are, though you did say that you'd "need FWB" and that "freebie >solutions don't work". Toast CD Reader is free and it does work to mount >disks on the desktop, even with older Macs, older systems and older SCSI >CD-R's.
I've not been able to find that as a standalone download from Roxio; where is it? That would be a good resource for people who buy used drives. If you're buying Toast Lite from someone 3rd party, it's not free. If you Carracho it, sure, I guess. I've always pointed out that indeed I can in fact burn CD-R on my setup and yes you can do it, but: - capabilities are anaemic at best, compared to what people would expect from previously using desktops instead of low end powerbooks - you simply can't count on being able to actually use the drive as a replacement CD drive for general use; I couldn't do so until Toast 5 on several of my drives, and still can't even with the one drive and Toast 5. Toast 3.5 supports even fewer drives in this manner. Perhaps if you use the CD Reader from v. 5 with the 3.5 installation, more would be useable in 3.5 in this manner, or maybe it would cause problems, I've not tried. If you research or get lucky and get a supported drive, great, but maybe not. It seems like your experience varies; I've tried quite few drives myself though. It's definitely not a certainty. -if you have lots of time for the 1x burns, great. Just don't expect to be ripping audio at any speed reliably, or burning at 4x, or any of the things that are wonderful and convenient capablities to have in a laptop. You can back up your data, though. That's the foibles of using CD-R on older powerbooks; it's just life! Since you can drop a lot of money for "portable" (slimline) SCSI CD-R or external cased SCSI CD-R or -RW, even used, just be aware of the realities. The nice thing about external SCSI is easy connection to desktops, so you can use your drive with multiple machines, if you have SCSI capabilities on both. I think we agree more than disagree :), but I also think it's much more likely that someone could plunk down money and then have much less actual useability than they expected, than the reverse. Doing some homework is definitely necessary if you don't wish to be disappointed. Don't just ebay a used drive and expect happiness, is my take on it. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
