RE: Zippity-Doo Drive
John Santora(tenor[at]passport.ca)
Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:00:15 -0400
Even though I don't have a Zip drive, I do use a Jaz drive, and I think the
experience would be similar, as long as you use a SCSI drive.
I've been using an external Jaz drive on a Performa 5200, a PowerBook 540c
and now a new PB G3/250, as well as on an IBM ThinkPad and NEC Versa
notebook through a really old Trantor parallel port SCSI adapter. Works
flawlessly, if a little slow on the PC side. PC files have to be copied
"raw" not in a backup utility, since a Mac can't read those files.
BTW, just use Iomega Guest when you want to mount the drive if you don't
want the x'd-out icon every time you restart on the Mac side; and, as long
as you upgrade the Trantor driver, Win95 is smart enough to know when the
SCSI adapter is in or out of the parallel port and shows the Jaz as the next
available drive letter - otherwise it's invisible. PC Exchange mounts the
disk every time. I found the SCSI driver on the Web easily enough.
Although one of the Jaz cartridges sticks a little and doesn't always mount
on the first insertion, I haven't had any of the horror stories concerning
the Jaz, even though mine's one of the first that came out. Lucky, I guess.
John Santora, Toronto, Canada
mailto:tenor@passport.ca
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell Aminzade [mailto:aminzade@sover.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 6:51 PM
> Subject: Zippity-Doo Drive
>
>
> Has anybody here used the new Zip drive to move files betwixt Windows and
> Macs? I'm thinking of buying one. I'd like to hear stories on what it's
> like to switch between a Mac, SCSI interface and the PC Parallel
> port. Any
> other tips, ideas, or precautions would be appreciated, too.
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