Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] firewire drive enclosure kits?

[Jason McIntosh <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Firewire is VERY plug and play.  I've got a CD burner I'm using for my
PowerBook and I've had a lot of luck with the thing.  It's been highly
reliable, fast, efficient, etc.
I've found that overal, Macs handle Removable devices MUCH better than
Windows does.  Winblows still crashes every now and then when I remove a
USB device, or plug one in.  I haven't hit that with my Mac yet - it
just works.  There aren't many OS's where you can say that on.  Granted,
most of the time hardware has to be said to actually work on a mac, but
if it "works" on a mac, it works all the way.
Cheers!
Jason

On Mon, 2002-07-08 at 13:35, Jonathan King wrote:
> 
> On 8 Jul 2002, Jason McIntosh wrote:
> 
> > I know they also have 3.5" drive enclosures, but with a 5.25" you can
> > use a CDRW if you want.
> 
> The ADS Pyro thingie is clearly a 5.25" unit for that reason; I was 
> only worried about using a 3.5" drive because they hinted at the 
> cable not being long enough, which sounded...weird.
> 
> > But, otherwise yes, use the drive rails ;)
> 
> The first time I installed a CD-ROM drive back in the day, I had to
> do it into a box that had non-standard (proprietary even) rails
> which I couldn't possibly get.  All I can see is that it is
> remarkable what you can do with folded up pieces of "tractor edge"
> from those old-time tractor-feed line printers. :-)
> 
> > Another note - I'm assuming these work with OS X, but that's one maybe
> > you'd better do more looking just to make sure.  I've seen enough stuff
> > that is "Mac" compatible, but won't work with OS X worth anything.
> 
> I sent the query to one of their geeks to make sure.  The worry I
> had was the OS X 10.1 gotcha, which is a firmware issue.  Software
> (esp. kids games) can be a hassle under OS X, but I have never had
> any problems with anything else, and firewire specifically is
> supposed to be very plug-and-play on a Mac.  Guess we'll see about 
> that...
> 
> jking
> 
> 
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