[DuoList] Thanks everybody. Problem solved.

[Iman Bhullar]

Thanks so much to everyone who replied.

Rule 1: computers always fail when you can least
afford for them to.

Rule 2: after you've freaked out for a full day and
figured out how to solve the problem by other means,
the damned things works fine.

Yep, I came home last night half-drunk from
celebrating FINALLY finishing (a good draft) of my
thesis (I spent almost every day of a full year on
it). I tried the zip drive and it worked fine. I was
pretty tipsy so I could hardly believe it at first
(the screen was pretty blurry and I thought maybe I
was dreaming) - but I had the proof on disk this
morning.

The thesis has now been sent off to a professor so he
can comment on it over the weekend.

During the day yesterday (between bouts of freaking
out) I found an extension called "666" (actually a
little square symbol followed by "666"). Who would
name an extension 666? I thought it had to be
something bad so I moved it over to the Trash. That
may have had something to do with it.

I'm pretty sure this 666 thing is bad news. It keeps
popping back up in the folder even though I moved it
to the Trash - so I just move the new copy into the
trash as well.  

Anyways, thank you guys.

Iman

--- "Paul F. Nelson" <artworks at victoria.tc.ca> wrote:

> To use the 2400 in SCSI disk mode, you need the
> HDI-30 plug with the full
> matrix of 30 pins.  You coould use the 29 pin SCSI
> plug to connect any
> SCSI external drive or CD-ROM to get info onto the
> hard drive of your
> 2400, as well.
> 	The easiest way to do any of these operations is
> with a switchable
> HDI-30 SCIS/dock cables or adapters.
> 	The quickest thing to do would be to find another
> SCSI zip drive,
> which are a dime a dozen any more.
> Paul Nelson
> 
> -- 
> 
> On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Iman Bhullar wrote:
> 
> > I have my thesis on a 2400c I've had for years. It
> has
> > no modem, no disk drive and no CD. There's no way
> to
> > get files on or off except through an external ZIP
> > drive. The zip drive isn't working anymore (just
> > happened today - why does it always happen when
> you
> > need the thing the most?!!). I'm not sure what's
> > wrong. I click on the "Iomega ZIP drive" icon and
> the
> > computer freezes up until I unplug the drive.
> After I
> > unplug the drive from the computer, it unfreezes
> gives
> > me an error "No Iomega drives available."
> >
> > The problem is that I have a 75 page thesis on the
> > computer that I've finished (well, almost) and I
> have
> > to get it off to my professor by tomorrow (it's
> > already a bit late). I'm thinking of just
> transcribing
> > the whole thing from the laptop to one of the
> > university computers, but that will take all day.
> >
> > Any suggestions? I was thinking about trying to
> > connect it to a printer, but I can't load the
> printer
> > drivers onto it (no way to get files on or off).
> The
> > only drivers it has are what it came with back in
> '97
> > or whatever. Also, I don't have the necessary
> cable.
> > All I have is one that connects the SCSI Zip to
> the
> > laptop.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how I can get the file off
> without
> > transcribing it? According to the help menu, it
> says I
> > can use my laptop as a SCSI drive - meaning I can
> > connect it to another computer's SCSI port and
> > transfer files - but the help menu is utterly
> > unhelpful in telling you how to go about doing
> this.
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > The laptop has an infared port. How does that
> work? Do
> > they still make laptops with those?
> >
> > I think I'm going to have to start transcribing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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