Re: Need help with zip drive

[bjblackbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major)]

Joseph Lee <nuNOUBEgundam@netNOUBEcom.hotmail.com> wrote:

> Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> spawned virtual particles writing:
> :      This system works fine; but, it definitely likes for the Zip Drive
> : (and CD-ROM if it's going to be used during a session) to be ON before
> : powering ON the computer. If everything is powered ON at once, the Zip
> : Drive (and/or CD-ROM drive) may or may not get recognized. If the Zip
> : Drive is switched ON after powering up the computer, it will not be
> : recognized during the session (whether or not I reboot).
> 
> It's kind hard to switch ON a Zip drive, or for that matter switch it OFF.
> It uses an external power brick and no other power switch?  Is there actually
> a Zip drive with a power-switch out there?  I would be a nice feature to have.
> Or, you just got it on a power control center or something.. :)

A new, revised Zip drive is supposedly coming out with a power on/off
switch and some other new features.  It will be $200.00 for the unit as
opposed to $150.00 for the unit out now.  Check Iomega's web page if you
want details.  (I use only Syquest removeables so I can't give you any
more details.)  

If you want to control the power on/off from the drive you currently
have, simply hook it up to a power strip that has an on/off control and
don't have your computer tied into this strip.  And yes, like any other
SCSI item, its power MUST be on before powering up [any] computer
system.


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