Although you can get many CD-ROMs to operate with old Apple CD Driver 5.3.1, I agree that Intech's CD/DVD Speedtools is a splendid product. I've recommended it here many times. (No connection with the company, just a satisified paying customer.)
As did Hans, I found FWB's CD driver limited in its support, even newer versions. But I've used CD/DVD Speedtools to run everything from the stock Teac 516S CD-ROM to the Yamaha 8424S CD-RW to, so help me, some kind of Micronet combination CD-ROM and storage RAID that I lugged home to install OS 7.6 from a CD onto an old (but game) Mac IIci that had no CD-ROM. (The Mac IIci displays weather data for our Oregon Scientific electronic weather station at work.) While an OEM version of FWB CD-ROM Toolkit came with Power Computing machines, it isn't upgradeable; FWB regularly releases new versions for which customers must pay ($20). But Intech pledges free upgrades for life -- discussed here: http://www.speedtools.com/Free.html. And if forced FWB to lower its price to match Intech's ($50). And dig: You can download CD/DVD Speedtools, install it and see whether it will, indeed, do the job for you (I think it's good for 10 computer restarts or something): http://www.speedtools.com/Free.html Note: It's for OS 7.0 to 9.2.2 only. They have several products, including disk utilities and a hard disk driver that I'm sure is splendid. Intech just seems like a classy company worth recommending for folks who need more than 5.3.1 and need (and deserve) more than FWB offers. If you're curious about other products, check out Intech's site: http://www.intechusa.com/ -- Chuck on 2/20/04 5:00 PM, Woesthoff, Hans at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Are you using the FWB driver, or the Intech CD/DVD Speedtools? > > If the former, I think an argument could be made that you're legally > entitled to a copy since the machines came with it. > > Neil > > Currently, neither. > > I bought the FWB driver download and found it totally useless - it did not > support my (then) new Yamaha CDR/W. In fact I found the hardware support > extemely limited. Then I downloaded a trial copy of CD/DVD Speedtools and > found that it worked beutifully - until the trial period ran out. In the > meantime, I finally did get the Yamaha/Toast driver, that shipped with the > CDR/W to work. But if I ever need to get a driver, Intech is the place to > go. BTW: as far as I can tell, Intech is Mac only! > > Hans > > on 2/17/04 2:07 PM, Woesthoff, Hans at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> John, >> >> Not sure if this is what you used before, but IMNSHO, the best non-Apple > CD >> and disk drivers are from Intech. Go to http://www.intechusa.com/ >> >> Hans (No, I'm not German) >> San Diego > -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
