Regarding the Yamaha 6416 CD-RW - I also have one of these. And, yes, I'm
having troubles as well. I can see that it is revision number 1.0c. The
question is: do I get a new CD-RW or is a real fix imminent?
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> From: Matthew Tevenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 08:06:18 -0800
> To: retro-talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: QUERY: CD-RW Yamaha S6416 mechanism problems??
>
> 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
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>> From: "Greg Jewett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Reply-To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 06:42:06 -0800
>> To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: QUERY: CD-RW Yamaha S6416 mechanism problems??
>>
>> Can anyone let me know why Yamaha S6416 mechanism would not be recommended?
>>
>> I just purchased recently a Yamaha S6416 drive for my Macintosh. To
>> date, I have no problems with the drive, with the exception of a
>> ISO9660 burn that failed to verify, but burned just fine.
>>
>> What problems has the list heard about that drive, or experienced? I
>> would be very interested! :/
>>
>> ...Greg
>>
>>>> Be very careful. I have an APS drive that doesn't work well with
>>> Retrospect
>>>> at all. Avoid Yamaha S6416 mechanisms, which APS has used in the past. Be
>>>> sure to check the list of qualified drive mechanisms on the Dantz web site.
>>>>
>>>> Phil Geller
>>>> WorkingMacs
>>>>
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