I'm writing to reply to both this e-mail and the one I posted about CD burning before. Forgive me if I forget certain things.
Let me say this, first and foremost: many of our Mac problems and solutions are necessarily anecdotal. We're not getting ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SYSTEMS IN QUESTION. I was only replying as to how I dealt with things on machines similar to those in the problem. I've found that burning CDs on a 700 MHz G4 tower could be solved by slowing the burn speed down to the minimum, and walking away while it did its work. I don't know exactly WHY this doctor is losing his printer whenever he reboots his Q650, either. It occuurs to me now, too, that he could just reconfigure his network. I was only offering solutions I'd known to be useful to myself in the past. Believe me, I don't think I'm any kind of guru or "answer man." I just didn't see anyone else offering possible solutions. I think I offered good advice; and since it was to a doctor, I think it was particularly appropriate: it did no harm. Sure, he might have to reconfigure a thing or two, but I stand by what I said. If it's wrong, then I am sorry. Maybe you do have a better answer. I meant no harm; I just know what I've done in the past. I keep a detailed notebook about my problems and refer to it everytime something goes awry. There isn't enough money in the state of Indiana that could buy that book from me. Maybe I've gotten way too behind the curve, but I'd like to know what an "AT address" is" (as opposed to an "IT address"). Maybe there's some techology I've completely let get by me without notice. I hook everything on my network up a TCP/IP protocol. I don't have any problems getting OS 7.6 machines talking to my 9.1 Macs. Listen, I don't have a thin skin, and don't want you to think I do. But if you have info I should read, I'd love to have the source. I know that sounds harsh, but I really don't mean it to be. I am simply curious -- nothing more. I used to work in IT with Macs, but that was back in the Dark Ages when Scully was still at the helm at Apple. I've loved the new products from Apple (although I think they're over-priced). The engineering shows genius, the products are still behind the curve -- Apple could do better. Steve Jobs still wants to sell us BMWs when what we want are 1969 GTOs that the working man can afford. Apple can do it. Dell's doing it. Why can't Apple? So sorry, I've digressed. Can someone direct me to the proper formum for this type of bitching??????? I've got a thing or three to say about this Dot-Mac crap. Allen ----- Clark Martin wrote: > > At 9:22 AM +1000 8/13/02, Dr A.P. Whichello wrote: > >Hi everyone, > > > >Amongst other things, my Quadra 650 is the localtalk bridge machine between > >my ethernetwork and my personal laserwriter, so I can print from all the > >other computers. Lately, at every power up of the quadra, the laserwriter > >"cannot be found," but going to the chooser finds it straight away. Is it > >something simple (eg pram battery going flat) or is it more sinister? I've > >already tried the usual quick suspects (zapping pram, rebuilding desktop > >etc.) TIA, > > I don't know why a machine would be loosing track of the LW. It > shouldn't be due to the PRAM battery. While it does contain the AT > address of that machine Chooser should be remembering the LW by it's > name. If it's the Q650s PRAM battery you are questioning that might > cause problems. LocalTalk Bridge is kind of funny in how it works. > Basically it allocates another AppleTalk address (Network and Node) > on the Ethernet side for every device it sees on the LocalTalk side. > > When I was using it I encountered a problem with an AT address > conflict between the pseudo Ethernet address of the LT device and > another Mac on the Ethernet. If I booted the bridging Mac first it > would complain about an address conflict and LTB would quit when the > other Mac started up. If the other Mac was started first LTB > wouldn't load, I think with another error message. Normally > AppleTalk addressing is self adapting but clearly LTB isn't. I fixed > the problem by forcing the AppleTalk address of the other Mac to > another address using the AppleTalk control panel in Advanced mode. > > I realize this doesn't solve your problem but it might give you some ideas. > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > > -- > Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> > The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> > 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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? 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