I'm curious as to the nature of Toast's support for 1394 devices. Does the extension have support for various bridges, and then see the drive on
the bridge as an IDE one? If so, then I guess any supported IDE CD-RW drive would work with a supported bridge.
Or does the bridge make the IDE/ATAPI device look like the equivalent in Firewire, i.e. a real Firewire CD-RW? Or is it some odd combination,
generic "Firewire CD-R/RW" support, etc? I've got a TDK 8/4/32 drive and an HP (Sony) 8/4/32, and I'm ordering another overpriced 1394 case
from Clubmac soon and one of them had better work. Both of these drives have "T3" support from Adaptec, which means, if I'm interpreting their
convoluted and irritating code correctly, that they're identical to other, fully supported drive models. Both work when connected to a regular IDE
interface. I've had these drives (and some other IDE CD-RWs) sitting around for months, and I refuse to pay through the nose for a retail Firewire
CD-R drive. If I weren't so lazy I'd organize a fricken' boycott on overpriced Mac peripherals (hmm, there wouldn't be any Firewire products left
). I'd like to know the nature of Adaptec's 1394 support in Toast before I have to return another case. Since they neglected to put useful
information on their site, I'm left to throwing money at the problem until something works.
BTW: Clubmac's case (at least the one I had) uses an Orange Micro (LSI) bridge. I have a case with the Indigita one too. Is it true that these
bridges only support PIO transfer modes in some circumstances? Shall I go and buy a Mac II?!?!?!?
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