>And then, after fighting the phone comapny (again!) I decided to use the >520 to log into the company BBS and guess what I find. Modem Port not >available! When (and where) did it go!? Nor could I print anything! >Seems the printer has dissapeared from Chooser (again!). A simple restart >gets the modem port back. > >Not so fast, GI for the printer! Several restarts, cable swaps, reinstall >of printer s/w but still no printer in Chooser. I can mount the iMac on >the 520, as well as the OS8 CD (thank goodness!), so I know the ethernet >works. This is exactly the same problem I had at the very beginning; the >Chooser simply couldn’t “see” the printer, UNTIL 4 DAYS LATER it just >shows up! Been there ever since, till sometime after yesterday morning!
Reinstalled Networking/File Sharing/printer driver s/w: no change. Swaped cabled: no change. Phone calls to Opus2: no change. Went to TwoMacsandAPrinter and found a suggestion (as a last resort) to ZAP the PRAM: IT WORKED! Still working for over a week!