Hi.
        I have problems attaching a parallel port Zip to a new PC (MMX200 with
Zida (Tomato) mobo, with VIA 580 chipset). Tried two different known to work
Zips. Under the DOS prompt, GUEST recognizes rapidly the Zip and assigns a
letter, and the Zip can be read.
        But under W95, and after many reinstalls, even of W95, always errors:
        -Always, at boot, "Windows protection error. Initialize". The PC
stops boot.
        -When installing the W95 Zip software, blue screen when attaching PPA3.MPD.
        -If getting the Zip icon, with a good cartridge it suggests formatting.
        -The PC has two parallel ports; same effects on both. For the on mobo
port, all modes tried.
        -On Control Panel, you can adjust a few parameters for the SCSI interface
and the parallel port mode, but same effects.
        -Tried latest and not so late W95 Zip software.
        -Disabling the Zip interface in Control Panel, the PC boots and works
normally (without Zip).

        I'd appreciate if someone knows the remedy, or how can the error be traced.
Recall: no problems recognizing the Zip under the DOS (text) prompt, before W95
starts.

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Javier Vizcaino. Ability Electronics. [log in to unmask]

Starting point:        (-1)^(-1) = -1
Applying logarithms: (-1)*ln(-1) = ln(-1)
Since ln(-1) <> 0, dividing:  -1 = 1
     (ln(-1) is complex, but exists)