>Hi all
>
>Picked up what I hoped would be a useful item for my iBook (clamshell,
>G3/300, OS8.6, 288MB RAM) on eBay recently - a SCUSBEE SCSI connector.
>Basically it's a unit with a SCSI port, which you attach via a supplied
>cable to your iBook's USB port, allowing you to use SCSI peripherals.
>
>I wanted it so I could use an external Zip drive with the iBook. Followed
>instructions, installed drivers etc and booted up having connected and
>powered up everything in the order their instructions suggested, only to get
>a System Error along the lines of an internal bus error relating to the V90
>modem (my summary).
>
>Checked the settings on my Zip Drive, making sure Termination was on and
>tried again. Same result.
>
>Anybody else used one of these successfully? Their admittedly limited
>documentation said it was designed for iMacs running 8.6 - any reason why it
>shouldn't work on an iBook?
>
>Russ, West Sussex
I've used two such devices with my scsi DCS Pro cameras to connect
to my G4. One was the Belkin usb/scsi converter - almost identical to the
scusbee - which worked with no problem at all except for the speed of
transfer - it slowed the scsi 2 down from 5MB per sec to 1.5MB per sec -
way too slow for high res images. So I got a Belkin Firewire/scsi
converter to lift the transfer speed back up to 5MB per sec (around the
max for firewire with still images according to Kodak) but it's terribly
buggy and slower than the usb/scsi so now I'm looking for a scsi pci card
and direct connection.
Pete
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