Tape systems werent as inyourface as disk systems at macworld. Nitroav firewire 80094b express card apple community. At 33 gb native, the vxa1 gives you enough affordable capacity for your multigigabyte workstation or network server. Apple adds firewire tape drive to online store the mac.
Release notes fixed a problem that could cause a crash when changing the sample rate of the profire lightbridge or firewire 1814 when pro tools is running. Another aspect of vxa is that there are 2 read heads for each stripe, slightly offset in relation to each other to allow for more flexibility in reading tapes written by other drives. I was using focusrite saffire pro 40 audio interface with via 94 pci card on windows with ohci 94 legacy firewire driver, now on os x i cant make it work, i tried some other audio device on os x, which is working properly with legacy driver and with glitches with standard driver on. The vxa1 is picky and needs a good quality scsi card. Iomega ego desktop mac edition hard drive 3 tb firewire 800 hispeed usb. How to transfer data from a pc to a mac apple support. Ecma 222 specification of aldc, the data compression standard for vxa1. The firewire tape drive is still humming along after many backups to the 12mb sized tapes, not a single problem yet. Iomega ego blackbelt portable 1tb firewire 800 external hard drive, jet black 35115 1each. To use macintosh computers as firewire disks themselves, hold down the t key during system start up. The install for the 828mk2 also provides the midi drivers, firewire cuemix console, and the firewire smpte console. Operate firewire when macintosh will boot on its own. The firewire 800 port even provides up to 7w of power for your buspowered external hard drive solution needs.
One partition is ntfs i still have a windows box, the other half has not been defined for the mac yet, hence my question. Vxa172 drives are limited to 86 gb per tape cartridge, but can be unlocked for a fee to remove the limit. Lombard will not recognize the lacie d2 with firewire in os9. Apple, mac, macintosh and firewire are registered trademarks of apple computer, inc. For all macs that match specific usb or firewire capabilities courtesy of s ultimate mac sort click the capability of interest right column. Vxa is a tape backup format originally created by ecrix and now owned by tandberg data. Ohci 94 legacy firewire driver alternative in os x for. Vxa 1 firewire tape drives gain rapid acceptance in mac market. I have an external dirve tha i can connect iether via usb or firewire. Im able to see the drive, access it, movecopy files tofrom the lacie drive and even perform timemachine. For complete specs on a particular system, click on the name of the mac left column. The drive attempts to access the disk and then the fans turn in full blast mode and nothing happens. Ecrixs external vxa1 tape drive will be available in a sleek translucent design to match the look of apples power mac g4.
I have a sony dvmcda2, a little digitalanalog converter that lets me move analog video inout of the mac via firewire. Apple adds firewire tape drive to online store the mac observer. Can a pcversion adaptec 29160 ultra160 scsi card work in. This is an update to this hint about recording hdtv with a firewire cable connected to a digital box. Ecrix rakpak vxa1 dual tape drive streamer 19 rack 3366 gb. Get the best deals on vxa tape and data cartridge drive and find everything youll need to improve. The mac will open up an import dialog when you connect the camera and ask if you want to import the video in to imovie. Ecrix vxa 1 tape drive vxatape firewire overview cnet. This forces the system into firewire target mode, at which point it can be connected to another macintosh computer via a firewire cable and used as a remote target drive disk. Firewire drives causing kernel panics if connected at startup macfixit reader emyr williams reports that, in some cases, having a firewire drive attached at startup under mac os x 10. It is recommended that users experiencing frequent hangs with vxa drives update drive firmware to v11100 or later for vxa 1 drives or v12101 or later for vxa 2 drives. The vxa 1 itself is seldom the performance bottleneck.
The vxa 1 is picky and needs a good quality scsi card. New listing new ecrix vxa 1e ext data packet tape drive 3366gb vxa 1. You can connect up to 63 devices to a firewire bus. It is recommended that users experiencing frequent hangs with vxa drives update drive firmware to v11100 or later for vxa1 drives or v12101 or later for vxa2 drives. This was part of a larger system and i have no idea of the current state. Ecrix vxa has announced that apple is now carrying their vxa 1 firewire tape drive kit at the apple store online. The vxa 1 tape drive for mac and the vxa 1 firewire tape drive are available through worldwide resellers, distributors, etailers and directly from ecrix. Portable firewire drives provide the fastest transfer rate, and are widely available. Make offer ecrix vxa 1f ext data packet tape drive 3366gb vxa 1. Winchester systems launches flashssd a nonvolatile. These firmware releases contain drive updates which may solve hang issues. Get the best deals on vxa tape and data cartridge drive and find everything youll need to improve your home office setup at. Firewireequipped hard drive, again preferably a 7200 rpm drive with an 8 mb cache. Not only will it record, but it will also change channels too.
If you are talking about doing the entire drive at one shot, then it all depends on how much you want to spend. This version contains minor compatibility updates for osx 10. Cavalry storage cace series 1 tb usbfirewire 800 mac. Sep 02, 2009 firewire drives causing kernel panics if connected at startup macfixit reader emyr williams reports that, in some cases, having a firewire drive attached at startup under mac os x 10. Internal stock 100 gb 5400 rpm toshiba mk1032gsx 2. Jul 28, 2007 the drive attempts to access the disk and then the fans turn in full blast mode and nothing happens. Currently 25% of ecrixs sales are sold into mac environments. Apples latest version of the firewire development kit includes an app called avcvideocap.
Force quit socketfilterfw and systemuiserver in activity monitor and 400 started working again. Can a pcversion adaptec 29160 ultra160 scsi card work in a. Mar 09, 2020 ecrix vxa1 tape drive vxatape firewire overview cnet. I read on the forums that it is possible to boot from a firewire drive but would it be possible to install osx from a firewire dvd drive. Feb 24, 2002 a few guys from my local mac user group put this togethor a few months back for people thinging of partitioning. Fw 800 400 500 gb 7200 rpm seagate 3500841a in owc mercury elite case 3. This can be connected to one of the firewire connections on the onyx firewire card or directly to your computer and appears as an available drive to your computer.
Record hd video via firewire revisited mac os x hints. I formattted the drive on the pc, hoping that the mac coudl see the drive if i plugged it in, but it asks to initialize it. So if you like to dedicate an older mac to backup tasks, you might want to reconsider that with a vxa1. Easily connect your thunderboltequipped mac to a firewire device with the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter. Ecrix vxa1 firewiredrev, imation travan firewirebanddrev og onstream echo 30 eksternt firewirebanddrev. G drive mobile is formatted for your mac and time machine ready, making it an easy. Mar 18, 2019 ecrix vxa1 tape drive vxatape firewire overview cnet. They cost the same, and the extra 50mb could save your bacon. It should be a fairly straightforward process to get these drivers signed, and shouldnt require any additional software development.
Id like to move my ecrix vxa 1 tape drive to my mac, but i dont have a scsi card for my mac. Click the rightfacing arrow to select the firewire drive and finish booting your mac from it. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals like hard drives and audio devices. Fantom drives 2tb external hard drive 7200rpm usb 3.
Connect the camera to your mac via the firewire cable. We delete comments that violate our policywhich we encourage you to read. And as the mercury helios features two thunderbolt ports, you still have. Booting and installing osx from firewire drive macrumors forums. May 02, 2019 to use macintosh computers as firewire disks themselves, hold down the t key during system start up.
The drive supports 66gb media and provides users with a fast and easy backup solution. Also known as ieee 94, firewire is fast the latest version achieves speeds up to 800 mbps. Firewire 800 still works, but daisy chaining a 400 into the firewire drive kills the 800 port too. That said, the ecrix vxa 1 firewire drive lays to rest any concerns that backup server administrators might have about firewire s inferiority compared to scsi. Pcmcia firewireusb combo card firewire problems wos9. As expected, it ran at the same speeds as my first card. After running hard drive speed tests with xbench, i found that one of the cards ran at a considerably lower speed than the other. The firewire 800400 card to own for 100% compatibility.
The usb and firewire capabilities of each recent g3 and later mac are listed below. That said, the ecrix vxa1 firewire drive lays to rest any concerns that backup server administrators might have about firewires inferiority compared to scsi. Id like to move my ecrix vxa1 tape drive to my mac, but i dont have a scsi card for my mac. Vxa1 firewire tape drives gain rapid acceptance in mac market. In the maudio firewire application firewire 410 output tab, unsupported spdif out volume. Better yet, make sure it comes with the drive you buy almost every storage vendor that supports the mac including ecrix offers the program bundled with. I format my zip disks as pc and the mac can read them, but my zip drive only hold 100mb, and is not ask fast as the firewire drive. Boulder, co may 14, 2001 ecrix corporation today announced that the vxa1 firewire tape drive, announced in january, has garnered significant industry acceptance and is shipping in volume. Thirdparty developer announcements at macworld apple.
Ecrix vxa1 tape drive vxatape firewire overview and full product specs on cnet. This forces the system into firewire target mode, at which point it can be connected to another macintosh computer via a firewire cable and used as a. Winchester systems launches flashssd a nonvolatile solid. Made minor improvements to firewire audio reliability. Better yet, make sure it comes with the drive you buy almost every storage vendor that supports the mac including ecrix offers the program bundled with some of its drives. Learn how to move data files from a windows pc to a mac. Boulder, co may 14, 2001 ecrix corporation today announced that the vxa 1 firewire tape drive, announced in january, has garnered significant industry acceptance and is shipping in volume. The vxa1 tape drive for mac and the vxa1 firewire tape drive are available through worldwide resellers, distributors, etailers and directly from ecrix. I found another card with the same chipset and purchased a replacement. Ecrix vxa1 tape drive vxatape firewire overview cnet.
Cavalry storage cace series 1 tb usbfirewire 800 macready. My external lacie drive is recognized on the mac when plugged in via a firewire 800 cable. The vxa1 itself is seldom the performance bottleneck. The good news is that there are inexpensive adjustable voltage dc adapters like the soulbay universal one i bought with a solid enough wattage rating across the ranges and multiple available connector tips to power both my owc firewire hard drive enclosures at 5v and the sonnet devices auxiliary port at 12v which can drive that same owc.
Firewire drive definition of firewire drive by medical. Jan 05, 2000 ecrixs external vxa1 tape drive will be available in a sleek translucent design to match the look of apples power mac g4. So if you like to dedicate an older mac to backup tasks, you might want to reconsider that with a vxa 1. Ecrix has recently released a firewire version of the drive that reportedly sports similar performance to the scsi version in conjunction with a fast scsi card. Exabyte vxa2 packet tape drive vxa2 80160gb firewire. The first impression one gets from the ecrix drive is that the enclosure is a solid piece of hardware. Laptops by justin jaffe vx 26, shipping cost cannot be calculated. Ecrix vxa 1 tape drive vxatape firewire overview and full product specs on cnet. Apple offers a tape drive through their store that can hold up to 66gb with 2. At some time in the future, that number is expected to jump to an unbelievable 3.
It will start the video play back on your camera and youll see it saving the video content to disk on your mac. Hp elitebook 8470p 14 refurbished laptop, intel i5 2. At 33 gb native, the vxa 1 gives you enough affordable capacity for your multigigabyte workstation or network server. Were at about 25 hours use and still no need to use the cleaning tape yet.