Is it possible your SCSI card is third party (in which case you wouldn't want to use Apple SCSI tools and need to download updated drivers and formatting tools from the manufacture…

I can't do anything to the drives without getting that error. When I try to updade the drivers, initialize or mount them I get a "device not ready error." I am still convinced th…

The prices are really coming down on the G3 PBs now that the new PB 101 will soon be here with Firewire & USB ports. Will new be fairly "bleeding edge", or should I buy instead…

pkalaska, I'm in exactly the same position as you. I'm going to wait until the 101's are launched just to see what they are like. Unless the are really great or very competitively…

There are three questions you should ask yourself: 1] Does it do what I need? 2] Can I afford it? 3] Will it provide some value before the product line changes again? I'm not buy…

If anyone is still reading this... Check out this lengthy & helpful thread on this topic over at dealchat: http://www.dealchat.com/search.html?num=1&search=%22g3+serie s+…

I've been looking into purchasing some kind of big (capacity) removable media drive for backing up high-res scans, updaters, and so on. I had planned to go with a Jaz drive, but a…

Neither! Orb and Jaz are both based on Magnetic media. Both are subject to head crashes, and both have trouble with dust enterring the drive. If you need a format that reads …

Just a quick thank you for your input on this... it's strange how much more difficult the decision gets once it's your money and not your employer's. ;^) But to counter a couple o…

I understand that magnetic media drives like the Jazz and ORB are prone to head crashes and dust problems. However, I want to be able to store large media files (AvidCinema and ma…

We have had too many problems with ORB to recommend it. We too back up large M100 files and writing seemed to work but copying a file BACK from the ORB was a crap-shoot. We also …

I have had a Jaz drive for two years and only had one bad disk problem (Iomega replaced the disk free). I purchased an Orb SCSI drive thinking I could replace the Jaz. However, …

Lots of problems with the Orb, so don't go with it. Jaz drives are a tad bit more reliable, but still, disks can corrupt. CDRW media CAN be read on normal cd-roms as long as they …

Well I must just be the exception. I've had my Orb drive since October and it has been great. No problems with disks, I have three of them. Just prior to purchasing the Orb I bo…

I must be lucky too. I've had my ORB for about 4 months now. I have 4 disk with no problems at all. In fact, I'm buying another disk today.

Well I must be really lucky. I've had a Jaz drive for 3 years now and I've NEVER had a problem, and for the last five months I've had a scsi cdr, scanner AND the Jaz hooked to my D…

I have a PC user friend (but he's very nice to Macs, mind you) who owns an external 1GB Jaz and an internal Orb. I have been using the Jaz now that he got the Orb, and I am please…

I got a SCSI Orb when they first came out. I had some trouble at first, but much of this was because of changes (improvements) in the drivers. I lost all of the data on one of my d…

hello I'm looking for an unix-like for my LC2 a NeXTstep version (if it runs so well on my LC2) would be the best. Thank you for help me on my research ... of the truth ! (hi hi) …

I apologize for the stupidness of my question, but I know nothing really about microphones. Myself and two friends are all out to buy new (external) microphones for our computers. …

They are all the same.

They are not the same. PC microphones will not work on the Mac, reverse is probably also true.

PC Microphones are straightforward analog microphones, usually with minijack plugs. These can be used on a Mac for audio recording, but not for speech recognition, for which you ne…

I am not so sure about that. I recently tried a microphone made for the PC, although it work on the PC, it does not work on the Mac, even for audio recording. Also, I found that …

My magazine has a collection of Macs and PCs. From my experience, they do not work identically. I've used a Mac microphone on a PC, but the sound level was way off. Ditto for using…