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Article #4781laser printer vs. hard drive
From: dennis pixton
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1989 16:02
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1989 16:02
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I have a mega-4, atari laser printer, and external hard drive (Supra card). Apparently when I boot with the laser printer attached it must be turned on; otherwise I can't access the hard drive. If I turn the printer off after I boot I have trouble accessing both the hard drive and the floppy. It's a real pain to swap cables to bypass the laser printer. I talked to a dealer who said that this was "normal behavior". So: 1. Is there any danger to the laser printer if I leave it on while I'm using the mega? The system is usually on about 8 hours a day, seven days a week. 2. Is there any switch available which will allow me to use the machine with the laser printer still attached but turned off? 3. Is there anything else I can try? -- Dennis Pixton Department of Mathematical Sciences (607) 777-4239 SUNY-Binghamton dennis@math.binghamton.edu Binghamton, NY 13901 dpixton@bingvaxa.bitnet Dennis Pixton Department of Mathematical Sciences (607) 777-4239 SUNY-Binghamton dennis@math.binghamton.edu Binghamton, NY 13901 dpixton@bingvaxa.bitnet
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!leah!bingvaxu!phyllis.math.binghamton.edu!dennis From: dennis@phyllis.math.binghamton.edu (dennis pixton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: laser printer vs. hard drive Message-ID: <DENNIS.89Oct12120223@phyllis.math.binghamton.edu> Date: 12 Oct 89 16:02:23 GMT Sender: usenet@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu Organization: Dept of Math Sci, SUNY-Binghamton Lines: 26