I can almost feel your pain Fred. Look, just before laying out a lot of dough, could you sell your USB burner and look for an older SCSI thing on ebay or wherever? I have a $5 one running on Toast 3.5 and works fine for back-ups - sure it is slow (35 min for a really full load), but a perfect activity to keep the machine out of trouble when I am away from it. Sometimes it may be better to stay with older functions like SCSI for which there is built in support on the 7300.
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 22:17:10 -0400 > From: Fred Stevens K2FRD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: I Give Up On Sony CD-R/RW > > For the better part of three days, I've been trying to get this Sony > USB 2 External CD-R/RW CRX220E1 to show up on my desktop so I can use > it on my 7300/G3/400 with (now) OS 9.1. > > I've upgraded to OS 9.1. I've turned on and off so many extensions > that my Extension Manager calls me by my first name (preceded with > "You again?"). I've gone to the Sony support site and sent in the > problem (automated response so far). I even joined an online Sony > CRX2xx forum. I downloaded Disk Burner 1.0.1 (upgrade from the v.1.0 > which came with OS 9.1) only to have it state, "Won't work on this > computer"; apparently it only works with built-in CD-RWs. I turned > off all USB extensions except Toast Lite, then turned that off and > turned on Disk Burner and Authoring Support. I turned off the other > USB devices' extensions (Kodak digital camera and HP printer) and > unplugged them. Nothing works. I even forgotten what all I've done. > > What I have now is a very expensive external CD-ROM. Looks pretty. > Has nice lights in front. Shines in the dark. Shines in the light. > Doesn't R/RW. > > I really, really need a CD-RW to download, copy, and transfer digital > communications programs to (blecchh) a Windoze laptop for ham radio > purposes. Soooooooo...... > > ......I'm adopting a new mindset that will enable me to bite the > financial bullet and upgrade to a new/newer Mac with all the stuff I > need built in, e.g. USB ports, ethernet slot, lotsa space on the HD, > lotsa RAM (I just ordered 256 more for this 7300; I think I started > out with 16)), a larger screen (17" on the G4; I'm still on my > original 12") and, of course, a built-in CD-RW. There's a number of > Powerbooks on eBay with one listed at $1000 NEW for a G4 with > everything on it except a flush toilet. Maybe it's time I move on > anyway: I'm gonna hit the road as a nomad at the end of this year and > a desktop is a little too large for my camper trailer although my > original plan was to build a shelf for it. I'm gonna miss this list > and everyone on it; it's been my MacCrutch for more than three years > now, preceded by several years on Vintage Macs (IIvx) with some of > the same people. > > So, how do I network a G4 Powerbook to a 7300 to transfer all the > stuff that's on this machine? > -- > 73 de Fred Stevens K2FRD > http://home.stny.rr.com/k2frd/K2FRD.htm -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
