Babette,
It is tricky sometimes to get my 2400 to see a CD-ROM. If I were you I
would be happy I have a little trick that works reliably.
Jerry
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>I just bought a refurbed 2400 from Macresq. It looks as fresh as if
>it just stepped out of a new box. I'm running Techtool pro now, but I
>can only say that so far it's a beautiful refurb. HOwever, I bought
>it without the external floppy drive. Now I find that it won't
>recognize my external CD-ROM unless I boot up from the TEchtool disc,
>then select the internal harddrive in the startup drive control panel
>and restart. At that point the external CD-Rom shows up on the
>desktop. I wonder if there's any little trick to get around this? I
>could install SCSIProbe if I had a floppy or could network, but I
>don't have an ethernet card yet.
>
>I had never seen a 2400 before except in pictures, I bought it because
>my 520 was just too, too, too, heavy on long trips, and the Newton was
>bogging down with the huge emails people send now adays. I will say
>that the first thought that went through my mind when I saw the
>desktop appear on the screen was "Baby, where have you been all my
>life." What an amazing machine. And it's already two years old.
>What could Apple come up with if it really tried to make a mini with
>today's technology?
>
>Babbette
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