Re: Zip Disks.

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@freya.yggdrasil.com)
17 Mar 1996 08:51:17 GMT

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By author: Drew Eckhardt <drew@poohsticks.org>
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> >
> >Take a look at kernel 1.3.75, I saw a patch that included ZIP parall=
el
> >support while I was browsing. Hmmm. Strangely enough, it's located=
in
> >the SCSI config section. =20
>=20
> Not really - the "parallel port" ZIP drives are really a SCSI ZIP dri=
ve
> with Iomega's parallel->SCSI adapter in the same box.
>=20

Can other devices also be attached? Is this device available
standalone, even? I do remember that a parallel port SCSI adapter has
been a Frequently Requested Feature, but that documentation has been
slow in coming.

The zipdrive really seems to be picking up popularity-wise, though.

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