IntroductionChapter 1
Chapter 4Troubleshooting27The Sony Spressaa i.LINK¨ (also referred to as the
A few words about CD-ROMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27CRX145E/XI) is a high performance external CD-RW
A few words about the i.LINK Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Recorder/Player with the IEEE 1394 (also called i.LINK or
Troubleshooting table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28FireWire¨) Interface. The Spressa i.LINK drive is capable of
recording and playing rewritable CD-RW and write once CD-R
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media as well as being able to read mass produced stamped
Specifications33
CDs. This drive is equipped with the i.LINK interface which
Glossary35can be easily connected to iBooka, iMac¨ DV, G4 and Blue
Index41and White Macintosh G3 computers with built-in FireWire
ports as well as PCs with built-in i.LINK ports or with the
addition of iLINK cards. The Spressa i.LINK drive does not
support the Apple¨ FireWire PCI card. Unlike most other
interfaces for storage devices, the i.LINK bus is not only very
fast, but extremely easy to connect and use without severe
limitations as to the number of devices and the distances of the
the cabling between devices. And the i.LINK connector is Ohot
pluggable� meaning that it can be installed or removed while
the computer is running. Please be careful never to disconnect
the drive or other linked devices while data is being
transferred.
The i.LINK Interface
Sony, along with other industry leaders, helped develop the
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