Thx, Kathi. And you don't use OSX - pity. My beige G3 (severely upgraded) is crying out for parsimony 'cause of OSX. But tinkerers don't deserve parsimony, do we? George
--- "Kathi A. Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thought I'd share this with the list. > I was unable to burn CD's or read Zips. I have one > Zip disk called the > "Mule" because I use it to transport files from my > PC to my Beige 266 G3 > with 9.2.2 OS. Been using it for many months without > any problems. > After 6 or 7 serious freezes and numerous > re-building of desktops and > trashing and changing preferences, I was ready to do > a clean install of the > OS. After sleeping on it, I checked the termination > and cables on the chain > and 250 Zip one more time. Since the drive was the > last in the chain, the > slider switch on the back had been moved to > termination. The slider is small > and hard to get to and I had changed it when > re-arranging my scsi chain and > checking addresses in an attempt to make things > work. > Apparently the switch was not moved to the full > extent of its travel. Once I > did this with the help of a pen, the Zip drive > worked with absolutely no > problems! > No more problems burning CD's either. > The main thing I wanted to share is to use the rule > of Parsimony...that is, > always do the simple things first when attempting to > solve a problem. > Works for me. > > Kathi > ===== /'\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect for open standards Love your neighbour as yourself. (from Luke 10:27) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
