Open Transport seems to block my serial port. The only way to print or to sync my Palm is to restart with Open Transport extensions disabled.
If Open Transport is loaded and I try to print, it tells me it can't find the printer (or the Palm tells me it can't contact the computer). If I start the computer with the printer turned on (and OT loaded), a page or more of junk gets spit out from the printer. Obviously something to do with OT is hogging the serial port. I upgraded from 8.6 to 9 (9.2.2 eventually) hoping that would fix it, but I pretty much knew that wouldn't work when I started up from the OS 9.1 install CD w/printer turned on and out came the garbage from the printer!!! This is a major pain because I can't print from the web. Mozilla & (I think) Eudora won't even start up with OT disabled. I end up doing a lot of "printtopdf" (into a special "to print" folder) and then every so often rebooting and printing what's queued up. Also my Palm doesn't get synced NEARLY as often as it should! Does anyone have any idea what could have gone wrong? I suppose whatever is wrong must be in hardware so I won't pay to fix it anyway. But the problem seems so weird - the port DOES work when OT is disabled - I'd like to know if anyone's ever heard of such a thing before. I guess it's time to shop for a networked laserwriter - with the added advantage that then I can print when I'm plugged in at the couch as well as at my desk! (Darn, I wish that USB printer sharing would work between OSes 9 & X as Apple said it would with Jaguar, but I hear didn't deliver.) Anne -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
