Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Zip Disks. | Date | 17 Mar 1996 08:51:17 GMT |
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Followup to: <199603170834.BAA11162@chopper.poohsticks.org> By author: Drew Eckhardt <drew@poohsticks.org> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > >Take a look at kernel 1.3.75, I saw a patch that included ZIP parallel > >support while I was browsing. Hmmm. Strangely enough, it's located in > >the SCSI config section. > > Not really - the "parallel port" ZIP drives are really a SCSI ZIP drive > with Iomega's parallel->SCSI adapter in the same box. >
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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