Re: Iomega Parallel Zip?

[madsci@tribeca.ios.com (Erick Dietrich)]

In article <17SEP199620145246@vax2.concordia.ca>, spec@vax2.concordia.ca
(Mitchell Spector) wrote:

> In article mpearce@crl.com (Matthew Pearce) writes...
> >
> >Richard Sarner (rsarner@widomaker.com) wrote:
> >: Out of curiosity, would an Iomega Zip parallel drive work with a GS and a
> >: parallel card? It wouldn't be the ideal way to go, but would it work at
> >: all?
> > 
> >It would require a two way parallel card. I don't know if any were made
> >for the Apple II.
> 
>     The "Apple II Interface Card", designed for the ProFile hardrive, was 
> a bi-directional parallel controller, although using it would require a
> custom driver be written. Possibly even some hardware modifications done
> to the board, I'm not certain. Furthermore, these cards are somewhat rare.

Hmmm.  I thought that ProFILE parallel interface was different than a
regular PC parallel port?  Could a ProFILE be controlled from a PC's
parallel port with a driver? Might be usefull for emulators.

Soeaking of driving new hardwares, would it be possible to write a simple
frame capture driver/program to allow the use of a Connectix QuickCAM on a
IIgs?  I doubt you could make movies, but maybe still frames are a
possibility?

-Erick