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11 March 2003, 12:41
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iomega parallel 100mb zip drive question
hi,
just wondering if its possible to run a 100mb parallel zip drive through the parallel port of the amiga 1200. and if so what drivers would i need to get it to run? cheers in advance |
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11 March 2003, 12:44
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As I understand the parallel version of the zip drive is completely incompatible with Amiga. You'll need to use the SCSI version. I'm using a SquirrelSCSI adapter off the PCMCIA slot to give me the required SCSI interface.
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11 March 2003, 12:49
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ahh damn
 any idea where i could pick a squirrel scsi interface up? or are they rare as hell? and also would a 250mb zip drive work on it ?
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11 March 2003, 13:08
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Yep, you can use the 250mb zip drives, if you've towered your 1200 you can also use the internal IDE version.
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11 March 2003, 13:23
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Who needs a tower for IDE devices, I've dangled my hard drive outside the 1200 for years
 Admittedly it is now finally inside the case! |
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11 March 2003, 15:45
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It is possible to use Parallel ZIP Drives on Amiga, but you have to built your own cable to use it
 --> http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/aminetbin/find?ppazip 
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11 March 2003, 22:57
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Yep, I saw that ages ago, bit of a pain if you want to run games from zip though
For those that don't know, you lose the joystick port... |
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11 March 2003, 23:02
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I will admit that 1 SCSI device is external, but it is a scanner and bigger than my tower case
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16 March 2003, 04:54
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that zip adaptor is ok but only if you dont mind farting around unplugging it when you want to print summin!
i built one years ago and it worked pretty well
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