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Date:	Fri, 19 Sep 2003 22:27:32 PDT7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: some progress, finally

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In <3F6B607B.13982BAD@pacbell.net>, on 09/19/03
at 11:59 AM, "J. R. Fox" said:

>The hardware stuff (just for starters) may be strictly routine and not
>much of a challenge to you, but for some of us it can be a long, tough
>slog, with only frustration as our guide.

It's usually routine, but not always. :-)

I do have benefit of having been around hardware for a long time and
experience does help. However, I really don't know all that much about
the specifics of todays PC hardware, so I often just fall back on common
sense.

>Could only find one source for this .PDF, and,
>according to GhostView, it was missing or had fatal errors for two of the
>17 pages

I wonder if Acrobat 4.05 could have done better or if the file is
corrupted at the server.

>So, was there an ASPI layer for DOS,

ASPI is SCSI only. It does not apply to ATAPI drives.

>So I
>freed the cable and let it hang loose instead, after the reconnect.
>Whaddaya know, suddenly the dvd-reader is coming online.

This sorta reminds me of my theory that you don't stuff things into the
box until you know they are runnings. Hardware likes room to breathe.

Steven

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