Before Use
For Macintosh computers
OS: Mac OS 8 or later.
CPU: PowerPC G3, 300MHz or faster.
RAM: 32MB (64MB or more recommended).
CD-ROM drive.
nMany Apple Macintosh computers have built-in SCSI connectors. However, if your Macintosh does not have a built-in SCSI connector, you will need to purchase a PCI bus SCSI card. (Yamaha recommends Adaptec’s PowerDomain 2930U card.)
nFor details about how to install the SCSI card, refer to the documentation that came with it.
nWhen you use the CD writing software, make sure that it supports the CRW2100SX drive.
Hard Drive Space
When writing to a CD-R/RW disc, you will need a working area (50 to 100MB free space) on the hard drive. When creating an image file for all data to write to a CD-R/RW disc, in addition to the working area, you will need as much hard drive space as that data (up to 900MB in total). However, such hard drive space for the image file is not needed when you are directly writing from a hard drive, CD-ROM drive or so on (on-the-fly writing).
nYou can collect data files into a single disk image file for a CD-R/RW disc. That image file can then be simply transferred and written onto a disc, avoiding writing errors related to buffer underrun (a condition where writing is disabled due to under- performance of the data transfer rate to the writing speed). Also, note that the image file is useful to write multiple discs with the same content.