Re: Zip Drive Question

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Dave Althoff Jr writes ...
> 
 ....

> why I can stick my (one) MS-DOS format ZIP
> disk into the drive, and GS/OS *doesn't* complain?
>

     Sounds like you may be using a different SCSI interface than the one in
our IIgs (RamFAST rev F).  Supertimer is the expert on using MUG! with Zip
drives, especially with an Apple High-Speed SCSI card.
 
 
> I do get the "infinite polling" when I'm in a file picker and the ZIP
> drive is empty, but when I stick my MS-DOS format ZIP into the drive,
> nothing happens.  I get the sound from the finder that says I just mounted
> a disk, but the disk does not mount...but as well, the Finder doesn't
> complain about it, either.
> 
> One thing that might be important:  The disk in question was purchased as
> a preformatted Macintosh ZIP disk, but was reformatted for MS-DOS...in
> fact, I think I used MUG! to do the reformat.

     Seems like that should make a difference. In any case, it's certain that
different SCSI cards behave somewhat differently vis-a-vis Zip disks.


> 
> This particular disk has all my web site files on it, because I work on
> the web site using a Win'9x PC, a Macintosh G3, and my IIgs...and the
> MS-DOS format ZIP disk is the only disk format all three machines have in
> common!
>

     


 
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