At 09:13 PM 3/31/99 -0800, you wrote:
>I'm trying to get a tape drive to work on a
>IBM clone, Pentium 150 MHz, 16 MB RAM.
>All work for a few minutes, then the computer
>"freezes" and the video goes black.
>So far, the only way I have been able to back up
>the hard drive (1.6 GB) on this computer is with
>an external Zip drive, which works fine.
>
If a Zip drive works on the same printer port, then I cannot see that it is
a hardware problem.  I used to use a Zip drive and replaced it with an
Iomega 800 on the same port with no problem.  It could be a conflict.  What
software are you using?
Are you using the tape drive on the port with something on the passthrough?

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