Ancient Toast & Mac OS 9 Query

[wanty1974]

Just don't ask about the 'obsoleteness' written all over this query... I'm just grateful I've got electricity in my office...

I'm running Adaptec Toast 4.1 on Mac OS 9. I believe that before the computer was given to me, this ran fine for burning data CDs.

However now Toast doesn't recognise the burner (a Lacie USB device) even if I do various 'search' and turn off & on tests. If the burner is on when I switch the Mac on, the Mac freezes during start up.

Any crusty old Mac users who can remember using Toast a lot in the last century who can guide me will be rewarded with my undying affection. And yes... I know 'going out and buying a new burning suite' is the sensible option...!

>>> Edited by wanty1974 on Thursday 22 April 16:08

[m-five]

Was the burner always used with this machine, or is it a more recent purchase.

If it is a newer burner then it could be that Toast does not have it in it's list of supported drives.

Two options come to light:
1) Buy a newer version of Toast
2) 'Download' a newer version of Toast for evaluation purposed and buy it if it works.

However, as you say the Mac will crash during start-up if the burner is plugged in then it's possible that you have a damaged system extension as I believe Toast installs an extension to enable further CD support than OS-9 includes. You can try removing this extension at startup by holding down the space key and using the Extension Manager to turn it off and restart.