On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 03:31 PM, (PowerBooks) wrote: >> I'm going to try: >> Replace the old CD extension with the later Apple piece and see if the >> burner can then be used to rip? > > Did you try to use only the Apple extensions and the Toast CD Reader > extension. That's what i do on my 3400 and i can use my yamaha CD > burner > placed in an external SCSI case as a CD reader without any problem.
I removed the older Apple CDROM 5.3.1 extension and regained some functionality vis a vis "reading" audio CDs as far as Toast was concerned with either drive. Of course now my non-Apple CDROM won't work without a third party driver, so I tried SpeedTools 4.02. I hadn't tried using only the current Apple extensions because the whole point of the exercise was to be able to use a CDROM and the burner, not just the burner. It's 2X2X4. Thought I had it licked but for a sometimes "Mac OS error, -17" from Toast when reading from the CDROM. Next try got it "work," went to do the burn and didn't get past the beginning of writing track 1 before Toast coughed up a Type 10 bomb. Lovely. As I write this I'm using the burner to rip a CD onto a temporary Toast partition. We're up to track 4 after about 10-15 minutes. Next week when that process is finished I'll try and burn it. That'll only take a half hour... But I'm still back to wanting a CDROM for ripping and/or straight copying. Based on an informal import test using iTunes my speedy CDROM only imports at about 2 or 3X anyway, so for this old computer I might as well use a slower CDROM. I'll try an Apple unit later and see if that's OK. -David -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
