Simon Royal wrote a helpful article sharing his experiences with a Titanium PowerBook and bus-powered USB hard drive that some of you G3 PowerBook users may also find helpful.
Problem 1: USB 1.1 is s-l-o-w - too slow for practical use when copying lots of data. Problem 2: USB 2.0 PC Cards usually don't provide sufficient power for bus-powered USB hard drives that use 2.5" notebook drives. The usual solution is some sort of power adapter, which means you have to use your PowerBook and portable drive near a power outlet. Simon found a 100% portable workaround for that. http://bit.ly/hbKtIk Dan Knight, publisher, LowEndMac.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
