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…

see http://www.macnn.com/contributions/orb.shtml

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…

I am about to get an iMac, and I need to be able to print. Without buying a new printer. I have an NEC Superscript 860, great printer. But it has no Mac drivers. It is, however,HP…

Get the PowerPrint USB kit from Infowave. It includes drivers for all major printers and includes a USB to Parallel adapter. It costs about $99 and is widely available. drewman

Well, there is a network version of PowerPrint, which lets several Macs share a PC printer via ethernet, but I don't know if it lets PCs use the printer then. Check out www.infowav…

I see that quite a few vendors are now producing firewire CD-RW drives... sony, mactell (now distributed by someone else), Que, others. Does anyone have any buying advice? I am l…

Too bad none of them are actually shipping.. wait the sony one is.. but that's way too expensive and people like MAlan are having MUCHO difficulties with their lousy support. Mike

So maybe a SCSI card (already have one) and a SCSI drive are what's best for right now. -jb

Ok, I want a nice Firewire CD-R(W) for my B&W G3 and my sister's new grape iMac DV. I know there are several choices out there on the market: Sony Spressa (which people seem to…

The mactell firepower cd-rw IS shipping and a friend just got one. Its got no problems and i have a few new cd's because of it

Firewire is great, I've been trying out some Hard Drives and the ability to hot swap them is great. But I can warn you of this...attempting to make a cd off of a firewire HD to a …

FireWire CD-RW's? Still tricky... Everybody claims to have it, but nobody is realy shipping. And those who are shipping are not reliable or not so fast as they should be. I've rece…

Well I intend to buy a Yamaha 6416-based SCSI CD-RW drive from APS (the 6x4x16), and a Formac ProRAID I UW SCSI card for my blue and white G3. Even with the SCSI card, this comes o…

Unfortunately, I believe that all the current systems like DirecPC which uses the same kind of satellite system as your friends Sony only support PCs. DirecPC 2.0 does have a USB …

Unfortunately, I believe that all the current systems like DirecPC which uses the same kind of satellite system as your friends Sony only support PCs. DirecPC 2.0 does have a USB …

This is a stretch, but... Is there any way to hook up a satellite dish (in this example, a Sony Mini-dish) as a modem connection? I'm asking for a friend who lives in a fairly rur…

Has anyone purchased the USB Wacom Graphire yet? It came out on 10/31. I was wondering if there are any compatibilty issues with the new iMac models. $99 is not bad at all for a gr…

My school has iMacs and that same tablet (the art dep. just got it last week) i used it and there was no problems whatsoever and it was quite impressive.

I bought one just the other day, I like it a lot. However, the current driver (v4.40) does not seem to work with OS9, they have a beta (v4.50) posted on their web site, which work…

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…