I have not been able to get the Yamaha 6416 to write a normal backup on my home PowerBase, upgraded to a G3 with Retrospect. It would write out about half a disk, and then give me an error (forgot what it was, but don't think it was the error 100). Wasted several CD-R's. Then I went out and got some CD-RWs and experimented, and the only way I could reliably get the Yamaha to write on the PowerBase was to write volumes with Toast (bundled with the drive). Couldn't get it to write multi-session files/folders (buffer under-runs, or some such). Real PITA. Obvious problem somewhere. Too bad, as otherwise it seems like it would be a good mechanism. Jim Coefield [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: QUERY: CD-RW Yamaha S6416 mechanism problems?? >From: "Matthew Tevenan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 08:06:18 -0800 > >Greg, > >Dantz has verified that there is a bug in the firmware of the Yamaha 6416 >CD-RW drive. While we have notified Yamaha of this bug, until we are >apprised of a solution to this problem, we can no longer officially support >backup to the Yamaha 6416 CD-RW drive with Retrospect or Retrospect Express. > >The bug will cause the drive to intermittently return error 100 (illegal >command) when used with Retrospect on slower Macintosh and PC models. We >have some suggestions to try to work around this problem: use a faster >backup computer if there is one available, or try to increase the data rate >by disabling software compression and minimizing external activity during >backup. In Windows, you can also try disabling auto-insert notification. > >Though Retrospect will recognize and load a driver for this device, you may >see the error when backing up to this drive on your computer. The only >computers I have not seen this error occur on are Power Mac G3s and G4s or >very fast Pentiums, though even these fast machines are not guaranteed to >work correctly with the drive. > >Please call us directly if you have any further questions. > >Regards, > >Matthew Tevenan >Technical Support Specialist >Dantz Development Corporation >925.253.3050 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: <http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/> Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
