I don't have one but there are mixed reports that I have read... and the driver(s) seem to be suspect... ORB has something like the Iomega Tools package that is suspect I have also…

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I have installed an Orb external SCSI drive on my Mac G3/266, OS 9. The driver (Castlewood Orb Driver v1.0.1) was installed from the Orb install CD that came with the drive. I down…

Anyone using an ORB drive with MacOS 9: After talking to Castlewood tech support this afternoon I was told that the problem I described in the earlier post over the weekend is a…

I have an ORB SCSI external running MacOS 8.6. I have found the drive good, but Castlewood's software marginal. However, a product called Hard Disk SpeedTools (v.2.5.1, Intech Soft…

I have had terrible luck with my ORB, until now. After months of suspecting bad hardware, the recently introducted Orb Tools 1.2.6 fixed *ALL* of my problems. All versions before…

Another question about Firewire vs USB CDR drives: As I understand it, USB drives have problems writing audio CDs at anything but 2x speed. Is this problem addressed in a Firewire …

hi, the thing that limits usb burners is the 12 megabit speed of usb. since firewire (ieee 1394) is 400 megabit, it's not a problem. you can record just as fast as an ide or scsi b…

I have a USB CD-RW and can burn audio CD's at 4x. It's a Freecom Traveller CD-RW, connected to an iMac DV SE, MacOS 8.6 and Toast 3.8.1 Freecom announced an upgrade to FireWire fo…