🚀 go-pugleaf

G'day mates,

Friend of mine has just installed his new Dell 2400 (I think it was 
when I pointed out the offer to him some days ago) so I'm a bit 
jealous thinking of my 4100 with a lousy 128 MB RAM. ;-)

However, all is not sweetness and light...

1. For some reason his new machine can't even see his Encyclopedia 
Britannica CDRs from a few years ago.  And

2. The new Dell thinks his Epson LQ-800 is a fax!  Won't install as a 
printer anyway.

I checked the Epson site just now, and the help says even that old DMP 
should be supported by Windows XP built-in drivers, so maybe it's just 
something he's missing in the install.  Anyone had a similar problem 
and found the solution?

The EB thing is pretty weird if the current CD drive can't even read 
the CDRs!  He was able to install and use other CDR-based programs 
such as that set of Australian topo maps on CD that came out a couple 
of years ago.

Is it possible that the CD drives on modern Dell PCs simply can't read 
older CDRs?

[ He says he expected problems with the Epson as only a few weeks ago 
he stocked up with five new printer ribbons before they disappeared 
from the shelves.  And you know what Murphy does to the best laid 
plans! ]


Cheers, Phred.

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