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Re: Problems w/Colorado T1000 tape bkup?
> I just bought a parallel port tape drive (the Iomega Ditto 3200). It
> will not work from my Thinkpad 701C. The software just can't see the
> drive. (The drive is fine; it works on other machines.) I am going to
> call IBM tomorrow to see if there is anything that can be done.
Did you try going into the setup screen (hold down F1 at boot) and
setting to use the enhanced parallel port? I think you have to pick
#2 instead of the default #1. If it doesn't work it's easy to set it
back....
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