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Jocelyn Lavin <jocelyn@wardle.demon.co.uk> wrote:


> The Macs are Performa 5260s, running system 7.5.3. I should also mention
> that I suspect the PRAM batteries have just run out on all 4 (the dates are
> now 1956 and the times are all wrong, since we came back after the
> holidays). But the other 3 Macs on the system can still print with no
> problems, despite the same date/time symptoms so I don't think that can be
> the cause of this problem. The machines haven't been moved, and no kids
> have used them without close supervision. They're protected by At Ease, and
> no-one except the teacher in charge of them has been in at admin level.
> 
> The strange thing is that when you go into the Chooser, the icon for the DW
> 550C (Apple Talk) appears in the LH window, but if you click on it it does
> *not* appear in the RH window. What *does* happen is an invitation appears
> at the top of the (empty) RH window saying "Select a DeskWriter 550". I
> don't understand this at all - it doesn't happen on the other machines.
> Clicking on the *other* DW 550C icon (the Serial one) does make that icon
> appear in the RH window and the invitation to choose the port appears.
> 
> I've tried:
> - checking all connections, and restarting 
> - running Norton Utilities over the disk, and restarting
> - rebuilding the desktop, and restarting
> - deleting and reinstalling the DW 550C (Apple Talk) extension, and
> restarting
> - deleting and reinstalling the Chooser, and restarting
> - considered deleting preferences, but couldn't find an appropriate file to
> delete
> 
You have checked that appletalk is active, haven't you? Also, if they
are running open transport, check that it's set to appletalk through the
appropriate port. (Generally the printer port.) I've redirected this
back to d.t.m, because then I can at least see it. 
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'ric