on 10/26/01 11:34 PM, Vernon A. Swanger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] used some
electrons to write:
> Please help!!!
>
> I am relatively new to the starmax and it's wonderful ways. I have a Starmax
> 3000/200, and a 4000/160 and a 3000/180. I use the 3000/200 at my home and
> the
> others are for in my office. I recently purchased from ebay a Smart and
> Friendly SpeedWriter Plus CDRW (SCSI) format. Then when we oenid the
> computer
> to install the CDRW, that was when we first discovered that it had SCSI, IDE
> and
> ATAPI platforms available. Anyhow, the Smart and friendly was supported by
> Toast 4.1.3. This worked so very well that I got on ebay and purchased 2
> more
> Smart and Friendly (IDE) SpeedWriter CDRW's NOT SPEEDWRITER PLUS...AND NOT
> SCSI!! After we installed them---they just will not work. The light comes
> on
> the CRW whirls, but Toast does not recognize it, and of course no CD comes on.
> Is there a macintosh driver out there anywhere for these Smart and Friendly?
> The company is now out of business.
First, check www.roxio.com to see if the drive is supported by Toast and
what version of Toast is required. You may be in the same boat with these as
with the Philips drive (see below)
> Also, I bought a Philips CDRW800 series (804K) CDRW for in the fourth StarMax.
> Guess what---same problem. If anyone knows where a driver to fit these might
> exist---I greatly appreciate any help you can give me.
I know for a fact that this drive will not work in a StarMax. I tried it
myself. Basically, this is one of the few drives that won't work on any Mac
no matter what. It would be recognized by my G4, but would fail every burn.
My StarMax didn't even recognize it.
Personally, I think Sony and Yamaha drives tend to be the most
Mac-compatible. I currently have a Sony 8/4/32 CRX-140E drive hooked up to
my StarMax and a Sony 12/8/32 CRX-160E hooked up via Firewire to my G4.
Hope this helps,
Dave Corder
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