There is also another fly in the ointment regarding firewire and Yosemite/Blue-and-white G3s. This was the first pro Mac with Firewire, and the chipset used for it on this machine is known for being flaky. A good idea is to get a firewire card and use those ports instead. Other World Computing has a MacAlly card for $20.
--.\\<-H-- On Tuesday 12 November 2002 9:29 pm, you wrote: > 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
