#209052 - 09/06/02 05:01 PM
Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Leonard
Planeteer
Registered: 02/11/00
Posts: 4678
Loc: Mchenry, Il 60050 usa
|
My VS840 (ver. 1.02) is old. It has the original 100 meg zip drive with no scsi port. I have roughly 60 disks of material I'd like to have access to after the zip drive goes. It doesn't make much sense for me to buy more 100 mg zips at this point.
(I just did that ridiculous disk swap/song copy task for 3 songs I sent to Jack. A minimum of 75 zip cartridge loads per song meant I shoved disks into that old drive at least 225 times for that job. That can't be good.)
I'm open to all suggestions.
Can I pick up a scsi port at Radio Shack and screw it in myself? Should I go with the hard drive/scsi port/external zip drive approach? Or a 250 mg zip drive/scsi port/external zip drive approach? Is there any solution that allows me to keep recording onto my existing 100 meg disks?
_________________________
Appreciate! Everything else is madness.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209053 - 09/06/02 05:29 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
jim y
Planeteer
Registered: 01/06/01
Posts: 2579
|
Sorry Leonard but the scsi port needs Rolands little circuit board to work. But it's the only way as it is to export your existing songs for archiving apart from simply recording the individual tracks to pc which you already know about  .
As you have an original 840, the zip files will copy via a pc zip drive and then on to cd-r. If you then fit a hard drive to the 840 and use a caddy system like me, you can copy the archived files onto an 840 hard drive but you will have to update to EX first.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209054 - 09/06/02 06:28 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Leonard
Planeteer
Registered: 02/11/00
Posts: 4678
Loc: Mchenry, Il 60050 usa
|
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209056 - 09/07/02 07:30 AM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
jim y
Planeteer
Registered: 01/06/01
Posts: 2579
|
No, I couldn't get the 2.5" size caddies so I still have my "temporary" solution of the back part of a 3.5" caddy holder clamped over the zip drive aperture on the outside. This hasn't meant cutting or drilling into the 840 case. I either plug the drive caddy straight onto the side of the 840 or use a short scsi cable (it uses the same 50pin centronics connector between caddy and holder!)- depends on how much room there is on the desk.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209057 - 09/07/02 03:43 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Bassmusician
Planeteer/Artist # 184
Planeteer
Registered: 04/01/02
Posts: 2803
Loc: St Louis area
|
Leonard,
I just sent you an email about your songs, man they sound great! Anyway, on this topic, what I did was the EX upgrade, the hard drive install, and have a 100MB external zip that I got off ebay for 38 bucks with 4 zips included. The SCSI card was like 50 bucks, the hard drive was like 29 bucks and the cable was around 15. I also bought an "untested" 250MB external SCSI drive off ebay, and discovered "Untested" means "Dont work"... as I figured, but it was only 5 bucks plus shipping, and the power supply is good, so if my other ones power supply ever fails, I'm covered.
With the SCSI man, its not like that "Disc swapping" thing you have to do with the old 840, it just reads it to the Hard drive, its a tad slow, about like our old Pentium 133 computer was, but not that bad, and MUCH easier than that disc swap thing you have to do to copy a disc with the old VS840.
Zzounds has those SCSI cards you need for 50 bucks man, if you want one go to www.Zzounds.com and search for roland scsi card, you should find it.
Well I'm off to butcher up your tunes man, I am way beyond the deadline!!... ha ha
Jack
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209059 - 09/07/02 07:06 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Leonard
Planeteer
Registered: 02/11/00
Posts: 4678
Loc: Mchenry, Il 60050 usa
|
Can anyone see the image above? I'm seeing an "image hosted by Tripod" banner. Then, when I check back later the image is there. Now, I'm not seeing it again. So I right click the image, look at properties, highlight the url, paste it to I.E. and launch it. Now the image has replaced the banner again. Go figure. And it's such a pretty picture.
[ 09-08-2002: Message edited by: Leonard ]
_________________________
Appreciate! Everything else is madness.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209060 - 09/07/02 09:12 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Bassmusician
Planeteer/Artist # 184
Planeteer
Registered: 04/01/02
Posts: 2803
Loc: St Louis area
|
Leonard,
Was Billy Sheers the Tuba player in Sgt. Peppers Lonely hearts club band?? or was he the Walrus??.... ha ha
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209061 - 09/08/02 01:24 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
jim y
Planeteer
Registered: 01/06/01
Posts: 2579
|
You can't beat a genuine Wiggins for the real close shave. Farmers around here go weak at the knees at the very mention of them.
Leonard... My 840 isn't connected to the pc ide.
What I have achieved is that my 840 hard drive in it's caddy can be removed and plugged into a pc to transfer files. The reason the caddy recptacle is outside the 840 is that it won't fit inside.
There are ide "switchers" that could allow a drive to be shared but external ide cables are not a good idea and the very maximum length of an ide cable is about 24 inches.
There are two parts to the caddy. A fixed receptacle that is meant to fit in a pc 5.25" drive bay and is connected to power and ide just as a cdrom drive is. The caddy is an enclosed box containing the drive. It's designed for a 3.5" drive but is big enough to house a 2.5" laptop drive and the adapter pcb needed to connect to the standard ide power and ribbon cables inside the caddy box. With the caddies I bought (cheap plastic ones - UK £10pounds + tax) they happen to use the scsi 50pin centronics coupler to connect the caddy to the receptacle and as a scsi cable uses all 50 wires one for one it works to use one as an extender as long as it's short (0.5 meter).
Another receptacle is fitted to a pc and here I used the secondary master (the 840 drive must be master) and the cdrom is set as secondary slave.
It does no harm if the 840 drive is absent from the pc but you have to switch off before changing drives! To stop windows screwing up it's shortcuts I fixed the cdroms drive letter in properties to E: so it's stays as E: whether or not a caddy drive is fitted (which is D  and the removable caddy drive when first installed has it's properties changed (tick removable drive) or else windows puts a Recycle folder on it which the 840 won't like. And the bios setting for the sec master is Auto or else it stops on error if a caddy drive is absent. This wasn't the end of the zip drive. I had 2 caddies and only one laptop drive so I cut the front out of one caddy and put the zip drive in it. So I can use the zip on the 840 or the pc.
Mind you, the pc I fitted the caddy system to runs 98SE so I don't know if 2000 or XP can read the 840EX format which is based on the old dos FAT16. I read somewhere that NT can't "see" a 16 bit dos partition and 2000/XP are based on NT.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209062 - 09/08/02 01:29 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
jim y
Planeteer
Registered: 01/06/01
Posts: 2579
|
Weird. I got the picture after putting the url in too.
Oh yes, very funny.
Smartarse.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209063 - 09/09/02 02:44 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Bassmusician
Planeteer/Artist # 184
Planeteer
Registered: 04/01/02
Posts: 2803
Loc: St Louis area
|
Ok Leonard, I did what ya said and went to properties and seen the picture....all I can say is, WHERE does Willie get his weed???....LMAO
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209064 - 09/09/02 11:38 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Leonard
Planeteer
Registered: 02/11/00
Posts: 4678
Loc: Mchenry, Il 60050 usa
|
My kids laughed. They had never seen the word smartarse before. Jim - I will salute you this weekend with a raised pint or 2 of Guiness. "Here's to making friends on the internet."
Something tells me if we ever met in a pub we'd wind up in a friendly armwrestling match or 2. "Loser buys the next round"
[ 09-09-2002: Message edited by: Leonard ]
_________________________
Appreciate! Everything else is madness.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#209065 - 09/10/02 04:48 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
jim y
Planeteer
Registered: 01/06/01
Posts: 2579
|
I do apologise. If I had known that children were watching I would have said "Cleverbottom" instead.
I will have to refrain from arm wrestling for the time being. My tongue is stuck to my elbow (ask Jack).
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209066 - 09/10/02 10:53 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Leonard
Planeteer
Registered: 02/11/00
Posts: 4678
Loc: Mchenry, Il 60050 usa
|
No apologies necessary. I chose to let them see it.
My tongue is stuck to my elbow (ask Jack).
Jack?
_________________________
Appreciate! Everything else is madness.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209067 - 09/12/02 01:55 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Leonard
Planeteer
Registered: 02/11/00
Posts: 4678
Loc: Mchenry, Il 60050 usa
|
Jim- That's an impressive feat. I'd love to see a picture of this rig! Am I'm reading this right? Your end goal is to have a swapable hard drive caddy system internally mounted to your 840.
I'm not nearly so technically savvy. I prefer to keep my interaction with bios and OS settings to a minimum. With Win/XP, like you've already stated, this is not an option, anyway. (phew!!)
John Norland and Bassmusician's fixed hard drive install solution still offers 4 track at a time uploads to PC. That'll be fine. I'll dig up Mr. Norlands' "Is this a proper install procedure" post and bone up on this. I am going to need EX software, right? Jack, I'd like to take you up on your offer, bro. Thanks, Leonard
[ 09-12-2002: Message edited by: Leonard ]
_________________________
Appreciate! Everything else is madness.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209068 - 09/12/02 03:54 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Bassmusician
Planeteer/Artist # 184
Planeteer
Registered: 04/01/02
Posts: 2803
Loc: St Louis area
|
Ok for the "Tongue is stuck to my elbow thing" that Jim is mentioning, its from something I emailed him, sorry for the "non click of death" reply here, but thought you all might want to know what he's talking about, so heres some interesting facts: (or so someone told me)
VERY INTERESTING STUFF!!
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Coca-Cola was originally green.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ( now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness:
38%
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour:
61,000
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs -Alexander, the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month? A. Conception.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? A. Their birthplace
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? A. Obsession
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? A. One thousand
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? A. All invented by women.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? A. Honey
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year? A. Father's Day
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic? A. He was allergic to carrots.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party? A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight".
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AND
FINALLY....................................................
At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
and heres some more............
1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. Two thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
14.. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
16. Maine is the only state (in USA) whose name is just one syllable.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
24. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
NOW you know everything............
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209069 - 09/14/02 11:26 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Leonard
Planeteer
Registered: 02/11/00
Posts: 4678
Loc: Mchenry, Il 60050 usa
|
Wow! Ask, and thou shalt receive! Thank you, Jack! I'm commiting this to memory.
_________________________
Appreciate! Everything else is madness.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209070 - 09/15/02 02:10 AM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Skarekrough
Planeteer
Registered: 06/03/02
Posts: 46
Loc: Boston
|
Um....as far as I was aware the "Click Of Death" was only a condition in a certain number of Zip drives released at around 1996 or 1997 or so. It was due to faulty hardware from Iomega and they refused to do anything about it, even after much complaining, and it kind of lived in infamy.
Zips, as far as I am aware, that do not have this faulty hardware at start shouldn't have this defect later on. Oh, sure, plenty of other things may go awry and probably will...but the "Click Of Death" is pretty exclusive to a fault from many years ago that ocurred very shortly after the drives use, not use after several years.
If you're concerned about it I'd suggest installing the SCSI card. It cost me fifty bucks, took fifteen minutes and works fine. I'd also suggest swapping out the Zip 100 for a 250 if you get a chance; more space and a newer drive thats usually less likely to have a time/age related failure.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209071 - 09/16/02 12:16 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Bassmusician
Planeteer/Artist # 184
Planeteer
Registered: 04/01/02
Posts: 2803
Loc: St Louis area
|
well Skare,
I used my origional 840 for many years before the "Click of Death" finally happened, so in some cases they will go a long time before they do it. I went to ZZounds Leonard and tried finding the SCSI card for you man, looks like they may not have them anymore, I searched for it and couldnt find it. Somewhere way back there, someone posted a direct link to where they could be bought at Zzounds, you might try that.
Leonard: Oh by the way, I got a Bass line down to that first song you sent me, tricky the way you hold on the C for like forever then ever so subtilly go to the F's and G's.....ha ha I'm havin fun messin with um, I can't wait to see what "Zappaish" type lyrics I'm gonna add to your "Chase the Monkey" tune.... he he he
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209072 - 09/16/02 12:36 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Leonard
Planeteer
Registered: 02/11/00
Posts: 4678
Loc: Mchenry, Il 60050 usa
|
Skarekrough- Your information comes as a surprise to me. I was aware of the "click of death" as well as Iomega's lack of support as you descibe at that time. However, there been a number of posters here within the last year who've experienced "C.O.D." after years of trouble free use. Bassmusician and John Norland come to mind as most recent victims. I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain this is the case. There is also a well documented history of compatability problems here with replacement 250 zip drives. For some reason newer 250 drives do not work in VS840's.
I've been hunting for an 840 scsi card and I can't find one for under $100.00. I hope you're right about the durability of the 100 meg drives. I hope some people here will chime in and clarify this. Thanks for posting! Leonard
_________________________
Appreciate! Everything else is madness.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209073 - 09/16/02 12:47 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Leonard
Planeteer
Registered: 02/11/00
Posts: 4678
Loc: Mchenry, Il 60050 usa
|
Hey Jack, You snuck that one in ahead of me. I too, must learn to type faster! Or, more accurately in my case, think faster. Thanks for helping me hunt down a scsi card! I'll give zzounds a shot.
About those tunes: I can't wait to hear where you take them! I getting excited, thank you!
_________________________
Appreciate! Everything else is madness.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209074 - 09/16/02 07:56 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
C Williams
Planeteer
Registered: 06/01/99
Posts: 1147
Loc: Tampa, FL, USA
|
I have the original 840, too (bought in 1998, never upgraded). My "click of death" problems only occurred when using Fujifilm brand ZIP disks. Two disks from my three-pack had the problem, and I lost a good song to the phenomenon (all I have now is a bad mix that I had made to my computer).
Needless to say, I never wasted money on that brand of disks again; I stick with Iomega for my ever-more-infrequent ZIP media purchases.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209075 - 09/16/02 09:32 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Leonard
Planeteer
Registered: 02/11/00
Posts: 4678
Loc: Mchenry, Il 60050 usa
|
Mr. Williams- I recall this issue with Fuji disks came up here quite some time ago. At that time, a bad Fuji disk cost me a project as well. I switched to Iomega disks exclusively after that experience.
The C.O.D. I at issue in this thread is a drive failure.
_________________________
Appreciate! Everything else is madness.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209076 - 09/17/02 03:07 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
C Williams
Planeteer
Registered: 06/01/99
Posts: 1147
Loc: Tampa, FL, USA
|
True; we'd had those at work (graphic design) and entire ZIPs full of deadline material would be ruined by that problem. Iomega must have known their products were at fault because they replaced every broken drive free of charge, no questions asked.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209077 - 09/17/02 04:19 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
Bassmusician
Planeteer/Artist # 184
Planeteer
Registered: 04/01/02
Posts: 2803
Loc: St Louis area
|
I've used Fuji, Iomega, and Verbatium discs, the one I was using at the time of death, was indeed an Iomega, and it was brand new.
Now that I've converted to the Hard drive with the external SCSI drive, all the discs work fine again, I simply send them to the hard drive via the SCSI drive.
Jack
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#209078 - 09/17/02 04:50 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
boguy41
Planeteer/Artist # 32
Planeteer
Registered: 04/05/02
Posts: 3251
Loc: Gatineau, Québec
|
I have been reading this thread, on and off, and you guys are starting to scare me...
I bought my VS840 in Oct. 1998, had it upgraded to EX (250mgb + scsi port) by Roland in Nov. 1999. Bought the external 250 scsi zip drive, only in April of this year. I use the VS only from Oct to April (wintertime), each year, and everything is going fine...so far!!!
Should I also plan for the C.O.D., like, buy stuff, just in case?
Guy 
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#209079 - 09/17/02 06:11 PM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
jim y
Planeteer
Registered: 01/06/01
Posts: 2579
|
'twas the original 100meg drives that suffered COD syndrome - the 250meg models appear to be ok as are the current 100meg ones but these won't work in an 840. I don't think there have been many problems with 250meg drives.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#209080 - 09/18/02 10:37 AM
Re: Planning for the eventual "Click of Death"
|
boguy41
Planeteer/Artist # 32
Planeteer
Registered: 04/05/02
Posts: 3251
Loc: Gatineau, Québec
|
!!!PHEWWW!!!
Thanks, Jim! I can sure use that money elsewhere!
Guy
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
0 registered
and 21 anonymous users online.
|
|
21415 Members
29 Forums
167250 Topics
1949989 Posts
Max Online: 727 @ 10/07/25 08:29 AM
|
|
|
:p 
