Re: IW2 Buffer & Accelerator Prolems

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <55mbom$ik9@news.emi.com>, Edhel Iaur <drsmooth@relex.com> wrote:
>l.middleton3@genie.com wrote:
>
>>Also, the IW II has a built in test. If you hold down the form feed button
>>while turning on the printer, the test will launch.  It will print out how
>>much ram ison the buffer if it is installed.  The Megabuff has 1 meg but the
>>test said zero.  Anyone else ever look into this? But it could have been the
>>Megabuff I had was a bad seed. Hopefully this new one will work ok.
>
>Does the MegaBuff install in the same place Apple's card installs, or
>somewhere/how else?  The IWII's self-test may not recognise a buffer
>if it is, say, on a card in your computer.

Betcha ya didn't flip DIP switch 2-4 in the printer. That enables whatever
card you have in the expansion slot. It's handy, particularly with a network
card installed, if you want to disable the card without taking it out.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
shack@frii.com