Kind of like what Gillette did in giving away razors so you will buy their
blades, only now it's giving away printers so you will buy the ink.
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:08 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: HP DJ540 out of paper???
On Thu, 23 May 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
> I was given a an HP Deskjet 540. I bought a rebuilt ink cartidge for
> it, which is over 20 dollars, so I'd like to get it working if I can.
I was considering repairing a deskjet, but the price of ink cartridges was
kinda steep. The best price that I've seen for reliable cartridges (after
trying several "rebuilt" ones that were NFG), was $40 for both a new color
one and a new B&W one. But the $40 deal also included a new printer.
That kinda took away some of the incentive to repair the old printer.
If I'm not mistaken, the 540 takes the green top cartridges, like the
original Deskjet minus and Deskjet plus, although the case of the 540 is
like the case of the 600 series that use the blue top cartridges.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
> On Thu, 23 May 2002, Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote:
>
> > Rock salt tends to scatter when used by itself... for best results,
> > pack it in with some country bacon... better chance of striking
> > the target.
>
> As the not-terribly-proud owner of some rock-salt scars, I can verify
> that it gets out to 50-60 feet just fine, in a fairly tight group. At
> that range, you get about .125" penetration.
Cuttin' through on the way to the creek, he got the
back of my calf and that tender spot behind the
knee from a shot 150 feet away... years later, I
asked the fellow what his secret was, bacon was the
reply...
> FWIW, the treatment for embedded salt particles is a long soak in a
> warm bath. Hurts a _hell_ of a lot worse than getting shot.
Heh, I went for the cold of the creek, and an infection
a few days later...
-dq
On May 22, 23:17, Louis Schulman wrote:
> It works!
>
> After a few consultations, I have my vintage 1975 SWTPc 6800 up and
> running!
Another success! :-)
> Well, I learned several things.
> And finally, a cheap Radio Shack logic probe can "see" a lot of what
> you
> can see on an oscilloscope, if you listen to the tones carefully. The
> data train on reset makes a nice little set of beeps.
Seems like that was a good investment!
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
> From: Chad Fernandez
>
> David Woyciesjes wrote:
> > - I assume you've looked for any reed/pin switches, or anything of
> > that sort. Is there a mechanism on it that is supposed to lift the paper
> > tray?
>
> I can hear one. I assume that switch is working since the paper light
> goes out if I have paper in it, and press the paper button. The
> computer still claims that the printer is out of paper, so I'm thinking
> it maybe deeper in the printer.
>
> I was hoping that this is a common problem and would have an easy
> solution.
>
> The paper loading mechanism still doesn't move however.
>
- I would crack her open, then, and see what's going on with the paper
lift...
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Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash
> From: Chad Fernandez
>
> ..
> The thing tells me it's out of paper even when it has paper. It just
> doesn't want to grab it.... it doesn't even try. Is this something that
> is easily fixed, or do I need to toss the printer?
>
> The head seems to move back an forth just fine, but after it "discovers"
> that it has no paper it just sits.
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
>
- I assume you've looked for any reed/pin switches, or anything of
that sort. Is there a mechanism on it that is supposed to lift the paper
tray?
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--- David A Woyciesjes
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--- Yale University Press
--- (203) 432-0953
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Mac OS X 10.1 - Darwin Kernel Version 5
Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rod Young [mailto:rodyoung@shaw.ca]
> Thought I read somewhere, that a VS/MV2000 will not complete the POST
> without happy ethernet termination. Could be wrong, but best
> bet is to
> resolve the cable issue first, so I can see what's going on...
You may have read that, but it's incorrect ;) It will complete the
tests, and then complain because the network test failed, for obvious
reasons. It may also complain about your console not being "known"
to it (IE not either the built in graphics, or a VT-whatever plugged
in as it would be on a MicroVAX), but again, this is non-fatal. The
console problem doesn't even stop it from auto-booting.
You can still use the system, but it won't autoboot after that -- you'll
need to type 'boot' at the console.
> I might have odd thichwire cables, but then I have 3 of them
> ! hummmmm!
Um -- you do know that AUI ports really aren't designed to talk
directly to one another, right? You need an AUI multiplexer or
a transceiver on each port. (You can make a crossover cable, but
that's a different story and doesn't always work well -- so I
hear.)
The transceivers will have (male) plugs with the small metal knobs
on them, and the port will have (female) plugs with the clips that
hook into those knobs. The AUI cables usually (AFAIK) have one
of each end. At any rate, it's ok to ignore, better if you terminate
it eventually, or better yet if you just plug it into a working
network ;)
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
I will shortly be receiving a MicroVax 3100/90 and a TK50Z-GA tape drive.
Both have SCSI, and I assumed they would work together. However, I just read
something that seems to imply the TK50Z-GA is "incompatible" SCSI, and will
only work on the MicroVax 2000. Can anyone confirm this either way? If it
will work, what type of SCSI cable will I need - a standard one, or some
proprietary one? If it won't work, is there any way to "fix" the TK50Z-GA so
that it will? Thanks.
- Bob
