I recently acquired a cdrw drive and firewire case, hoping to use it with my powerbook (as well as two other macs, but the pb is my main machine). I have Toast Titanium 5.1.2, which recognizes the drive correctly.
My setup: PB G3 "Wallstreet" 233MHz/512KB cache 20GB Hitachi HD, 3 partitions 320MB RAM System 9.2.2 Newertech Firewire2Go cardbus card Philips 24x12x40x cdrw drive Firewire enclosure (no brand, bought from OWC, claimed to have the 911 bridge) Toast Titanium 5.1.2 My problem: Toast stops at the beginning of burn, with a message like "Data cannot be transferred to the drive fast enough to maintain the current write speed. Try again at a lower speed." This happens even if I try at 1x (!), and both in simulation mode and when actually trying to burn a cd. I had Appletalk turned off, and no other applications running. I tried making a disk image first (onto an empty partition, so there was no fragmentation), and it made no difference. I upped the ram cache to 64MB, turn buffer underrun prevention either on or off. All to no avail. The firewire2go card has been working flawlessly with a digital camcorder, so it is obviously capable to transfer a lot more than the necessary to burn at 1x (or 20x, for that matter). Is there some incompatibility of this card and cdrw? The drive does work correctly when *reading* cds, and apparently the reading speed is within expectations. I want to try this drive on another mac, but probably won't be able to until tomorrow at the earliest. If it does not work, then maybe the drive or case is faulty, otherwise the problem may lie elsewhere. Any help is greatly appreciated. Luis p. S.: feel free to reply directly (i'm on digest mode) -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
