On Feb 26, 2009, at 4:48 PM, Will_i_am wrote: > I have a chance to pick up a used Yamaha external SCSI CD-RW burner, > model CRW4260TX (4x2x6x). To my knowledge, it is a 50-pin SCSI-1. > Would this old Yamaha be a good match and compatible under MacOS 9 on > the G3 or if not what more recent and faster models would be > compatible? I do have a SCSI-2 card installed. Thanks!
I've had nothing but trouble with old SCSI CD-RWs. Most are old and pre-standardization, and software such as Toast quit supporting SCSI a LONG time ago, so this means you'd need to find legacy software to function, and even then, most modern discs are a completely different animal than the 650MB discs manufactured back then. My advise: By a cheap PCI Firewire 400 card for your G3 and get yourself a modern Firewire external DVD-RW (or CD-RW). Almost any external FW enclosure should work with any modern DVD-RW unit. If you're using OS X, you shouldn't need any extra software other than perhaps Patchburn (freeware). If you're using OS 9, you're really going to be hamstrung anyways since the latest OS 9 software was Toast 5. If you're using SCSI, the last was Toast 4. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
