Re: Help with Zip Drive and the IIgs

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <34BF858C.1FF0@eds.com>, EDavis  <LNUSMNF.EDAVIS02@eds.com> wrote:
>If I have only the Zip drive attached to the Apple SCSI card, turn
>the termination switch to "on" at the back of the Zip, it is at
>least recognized by the IIgs.  I can boot from the 3.5" drive, and
>get asked if I want to initialize the disk.  I have said "yes" in
>the past.  As the Finder comes up, it repeatedly tells me that I
>already have a disk with the name z1 on the desk top, and I need to
>rename the disk to a suggested z11.  Then a z12, and so on, until my
>desktop is full of renamed Zip volumes.

   With the Apple SCSI card you clearly stated you had, that behavior
is "normal" (to be expected) if a scsi device is set to ID 7. The
first round of zip drives could only be selectable between IDs 5 & 6,
while the newer Zip Plusses can apparently get any SCSI ID. Check to
make sure your Zip drive is not set to be ID 7 (or 0, which can also
sometimes cause problems); it may be defective.

Nathan Mates

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