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Jeremy,
    I still have the Tsunami. What'cha got that you want to trade?
Dave Prentice
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From: Jeremy Sliwinski <badmagicnumber@telocity.com>
To: nolug@nolug.org <nolug@nolug.org>
Date: Monday, October 22, 2001 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Nolug] PC questions

>> 2. Does anybody need a LaCie Tsunami? It's an external SCSI drive with
DB-25
>> connector, meant for macs but usable on a PC with the right kind of
>> connector. I can't check the capacity without a mac, but the hard drive
>> inside is easily upgradeable.
>
>If that LaCie is still available, I'd like trade for it. I'm in need of
some more storage for my MacOS workstation.
>
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> 2. Does anybody need a LaCie Tsunami? It's an external SCSI drive with DB-25
> connector, meant for macs but usable on a PC with the right kind of
> connector. I can't check the capacity without a mac, but the hard drive
> inside is easily upgradeable.

If that LaCie is still available, I'd like trade for it. I'm in need of some more storage for my MacOS workstation.

Jeremy
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Can anybody answer a few questions for me?

1. A friend gave me a HP CD Writer Plus 7200 Series CD-R a few months ago.
It wouldn't write, but it would read fine. However, lately it will play
music CDs but won't read data CDs. I assume the laser or receiver is dirty.
Is there a way to clean the optical components without dismantling the whole
thing?

2. Does anybody need a LaCie Tsunami? It's an external SCSI drive with DB-25
connector, meant for macs but usable on a PC with the right kind of
connector. I can't check the capacity without a mac, but the hard drive
inside is easily upgradeable.

3. Somebody just gave me a 486-50 laptop with a 200meg drive with Windows
3.1. With a bigger drive, it might be useful for doing power-point type
presentations (e.g., kpresenter) in school. I'm trying to upgrade it so it
will run Gnome or KDE. Does anybody have a spare 500 meg (or more) 2.5"
laptop drive?

Thanks,
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com

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>
> 1. A friend gave me a HP CD Writer Plus 7200 Series CD-R a few months ago.
> It wouldn't write, but it would read fine. However, lately it will play
> music CDs but won't read data CDs. I assume the laser or receiver is dirty.
> Is there a way to clean the optical components without dismantling the
> whole thing?

Assuming that the laser is indeed dirty, then it would have to be taken apart
to be cleaned, yes. I've done that before (I used to work in a TV shop). If
you want to give it a try, remove the screws, and hopefully it won't be that
hard to get at the laser. Take a Q-tip, dip it in alcohol, and polish the
laser gently. Cleaning isn't always the problem, though --- the electronics
or the transport servo might be going bad.

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