Re: Iomega Zip Drives

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <50l990$e5@udevdiv.Unibase.COM>,
Shaun Hase <shase@unibase.com> wrote:
>Would I be able to connect a SCSI Iomega Zip Drive to my IIgs?
>I have a RamFAST/SCSI card and a 52 meg external hard drive. 
>I imagine I would be able to just daisy chain it, but I wouldn't
>know how to explain my situation to the induhviduals at Future
>Shop.

   Many people have already done that successfully. As noted in the
comp.sys.apple2 FAQ (http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html),
you might need a ROM version upgrade for your RamFAST if it's not a
recent (3.00l or better) version. 3.01e is the optimal version, if you
can get your hands on that. Sequential Systems sells the ROM upgrades;
their address is noted in the FAQ. The FAQ also has a number of
tips on SCSI that you may want to read over.

   After making sure your RamFAST is up to spec, you just need a cable
from your existing drive to the RamFAST; most external SCSI HDs should
have 2 50-pin centronics (shaped like a parallel printer port)
connectors. If that's so, you can just make sure you get a SCSI cable
with male 50-pin centronics connectors, and daisy chain the Zip to
your existing drive. Make sure that only the last drive is terminated,
and the two do not have conflicting SCSI IDs. (See FAQ for more
details)

   Should be much closer to plug and play than ANYTHING Windoze 95 has
implemented. (The spec is apparently fine, it's the way the
(un)trained microserfs implemented it that have given it such a bad
name. Or so the folks doing the (correct) Linux implementation have
stated)

Nathan Mates
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