--- "J.S. Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not undoable. I have a SCSI Burner from a PC that no > driver on earth will > run, in Macland, except Toast. The icon won't mount > on the desktop, but I > burned a complete set of backup CD's of this PPC > 240Mhz. 6100's 3 GIG HD in minutes. I've always wondered why companies that make SCSI CD-R/RW drives absolutely refuse to produce system level drivers for them? "Here's the drive. It's up to the companies that make CD burning apps to provide software support. Don't even try to talk to us, filthy end-users!" I suppose they were targeting the audio mastering and later the software mastering market where companies would build a dedicated bit of hardware with the drive and custom software. We personal computer users adopting the technology were an annoying and unprofitable segment of the market, but if we really wanted to be ripped off paying $1,000 for a drive they'd very grudgingly sell them into our eager little hands. Of course then we had to pay even more to some company for some software on fragile, copy protected, floppy disks that was buggy and would produce coaster after coaster if you didn't have a "just perfect" system soley dedicated to using the burner. Quite painful when discs cost more than what a blank DVD-R does today! That an older computer like a IIci or 486 PC can burn CD-R _today_ better than it could in the early days of CD-R is due mainly to optimazation of the software. I remember the articles in the magazines as the technology progressed. They'd usually drag out a system that they'd tried with the previous version of the software and it'd most often perform a heck of a lot better. (Of course a current box would work even better.) We've come a long way, baby! ;) ===== http://www.junkscience.com "All the Junk that's fit to Debunk!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ -- Vintage Macs 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> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
