![]() I know for the SCSI ones the SCSI controller needs to "see" the drive before guest.exe will work.you can get it to load on boot but that takes memory so I usually just activate it when I need to use it. Process may be slightly diffrent with internal IDE version in dos. All you need is to run the driver guest.exe for the external drives. I've used an external parallel port version on a v20 system running dos 3.3 before. I'm going to assume there ZIP drives work in DOS? I kinda like the idea of transferring files via Zip disk. I didn't realise there were USB ZIP drives! Mmmm more junk to add to my collection. Same with OZ, most of the thrift stores seem to be full of clothes and random bits of kitchen ware. I have a few charity shops in my area, but they're only small high street premesis's, and the stock they hold is merely alot of clothes and antique stuff. In Britain, we don't have such amazing places like Goodwill et al. LS-120 is also nice regarding its feature to use normal 1.44MB floppies (IIRC faster than normal floppy drives and better error correction/tolerance), but it seems that external versions are less common, I don't know if there even is a USB version. If you already established procedures for data transfer to your older boxes there is no real need to try Zip drives as well. There is no need to use a Zip drive on a machine with USB today. Parallel port can be a bottleneck depending on features (ECP/EPP), if you don't have too many systems you want to use a Zip drive with you might prefer the internal ATAPI ones. Speed is not too high (for the 100MB version, don't know about the later ones) so even USB 1.1 is not a bottleneck. The Commodore-Amiga, Atari ST, Apple II, and "old world" Macintosh communities often use drives with the SCSI interface prevalent on those platforms." ![]() "Zip drives are still used today by retro-computing enthusiasts as a means to transfer large amounts (compared to the retro hardware) of data between modern and older computer systems. ![]() The 750 MB drive cannot write to 100 MB disks but can read existing disks." The 250 MB drive writes much more slowly to 100 MB disks than the 100 MB drive, and the Iomega software is unable to perform a "long" (thorough) format on a 100 MB disk. Higher-capacity drives can read lower-capacity media. "Higher-capacity Zip disks must be used in a drive with at least the same capacity ability. It's probably best to use same capacity drives and disks since there are some restrictions in compatibility.ĭefinitely read the Wikipedia article on the Zip drive. Re capacity: I'd look what's available, both drives (different connections) and disks. What are the going rates for ZIP drives? What drive would you go for? 100, 250 or 750? USB on the desktop and parallel on the retro PC?įor the price just check ebay, in Germany they often seem to go for minimum bid.
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