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Re: using Iomega JAZ drive with thinkpad (755ce wfwg 3.11)



does anyone actually have a Jaz *running* with a thinkpad?

after taking the ethernet pcmcia card out my Jaz worked, for a while.  then
same problem - no devices found.  experiemented with many different things,
eg removing anything from config.sys and autoexec.bat that i did not really 
need to use.

finally, i went into easy-setup (holding shift+F5 down when booting), rebooted,
found i had lost my com port (easily fixed), but the Jaz was accessible again
- for a number of days.

then, bam ... i lost it again.  did the same reinitialize without success.
still no Jaz... No devices found (when card director says my new media
bustoaster pcmcia scsi card is OK).

Most puzzling.  

one of the concurrent problems i have had is with netscape (2.02).  was getting
some general protection faults when i tried to print.  after i reinstalled my
hewlett-packer drivers that problem went away.

when i look at my tsr's (norton's System Info /tsr) i find Command.com loaded
twice, and i also find - depending on how i boot - a couple of tsr's with
no known owner.  

does this stuff stay in this memory after power off; if so, any way to clear 
out this memory and start over?

other thing that has me wondering is whether it *is* a software problem.  
i frequently disassemble the thinkpad (from external monitor and 
keybd and mouse) and the jaz drive to put them away and later reassemble them. 

but, it does lead to a parallel line of thinking re Jaz problems - whether some
connection is not being made adequately, whether crossed or looped cables lead
to interference, etc.  despite the fact that that's what i check first and most
often.

any suggestions welcomed!

regards, al

 Alden S Klovdahl /   alden.klovdahl@anu.edu.au    / fax: +61 62 49 05 25
 Sociology Arts  / Australian National University / Canberra ACT Australia 0200