From: Jeffrey M. Arnold (jmarnold_at_znet.com)
Date: Fri Jun 05 1998 - 16:14:28 EDT
Randal Whittle writes:
> Well, I'm sure you had your order in for quite some time. I would still
> be waiting for weeks to come had I held out.
I waited about a week and a half. By the way, the second battery I
ordered at the same time just arrived today.
> Besides...I think the speed difference is minimal at best, I intend to
> upgrade to a *much* larger HD down the road anyway (3.2 to 4 GB just
> doesn't cut it), and I saved $500 or more in the process. And I got it the
> next day to boot. ;-)
You probably did the smart thing. I doubt there is a perceptible
difference between the 233 MHz and the 266 MHz models; I opted for the
266 mainly for the larger disk, which, after reserving 1GB for linux,
is already almost full.
> One of the many reasons that when I go to a client of any sort with my
> laptop, a Laplink cable comes with me.
I usually bring my ethernet, but this time I didn't, and the
floppy-net wasn't that big a deal. I was disappointed, though, that I
couldn't read the CD. For the record, it was in ISO-9660 format, CD-R
(not CD-RW), and not packet-written, although the HP drive does
support packet writing.
> It does very much surprise me that your CD was that persnickety though. I
> would have been inclined to blame the HP CD-R (especially if it was a
> CD-RW, as the re-writeable ones are *notorious* for not being able to be
> read on regular CD drives).
>
> Is there any chance it could be limited to just *your* drive? If there's
> anyway to get this guy to send me the CD, I'll try reading it on my 600's
> CD drive. It would be one more test sample. :-)
I'm afraid not... proprietary data, and all that.
A quick update, though. Back in my office I have a handful (ok,
three) of other CD-Rs that various people have sent me. All three are
readable by my TP 600, as is every commercially masterd disk I've
tried. So I guess my TP600 just doesn't like HP drives...
-jeff
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