Firewire is native on the B&W, so you should be able to use it...but, manufacturers may be using newer versions of Firewire than your drivers will work with. Apple's download area may be a good starting place.
If you're going to be keeping these backups around, why not burn to CD? Anything on any hard drive is vulnerable. > From: Sue Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-List) > Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 18:00:55 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-List) > Subject: Affordable external Firewire drives > > Hi All, > > I have a B&W G3/350 running with 2 internal HD (6GB- original & 60 GB- > new Maxtor), OS 8.6 and 192 MB RAM. I want to start doing regular weekly > back-ups of my system & files and am thinking of getting an external > firewire hard drive to do the job (rather than spend a ton on Zips). > Does anyone have some suggestions on which Ext. FW drives are the most > reliable and affordable? What about the LaCie Pocket drives? And will > I need to update my Firewire? I've heard there is an upgrade patch that > should be downloaded before using FW in the B&W...is that true? > > thanks in advance, > Sue > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > -- > 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:g-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:g-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:g-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> > Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- 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:g-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:g-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:g-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
