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Re: Partitioning Zip Disks -- Possible?
- Subject: Re: Partitioning Zip Disks -- Possible?
- From: paulb@ece.nwu.edu (Paul Brazis)
- Date: 1997/04/16
- Distribution: inet
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: EE/CS Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
- References: <5ic42f$4eu@ttacs7.ttu.edu> <5idic7$97a@opal.southwind.net> <5j0ijm$9ie@ttacs7.ttu.edu> <5j0tne$gcm@borg.svpal.org>
In article <5j0tne$gcm@borg.svpal.org>,
Paul Creager <wily@svpal.svpal.org> wrote:
>Captain Harlock (Z5D31@ttacs3.ttu.edu) wrote:
>: > So using IBM formatted zip disks would be the thing to try most likely.
>: Okay, I'll try it. Thanks for the info.
>
>Yes, you're better off using IBM formatted Zip disks because they lack
>that special Mac partition, which apparently is hard to remove with a II.
>
>I'm in the market for a Zip drive myself. I know they come in SCSI and
>parallel models (for IBMs). My question is, is the disk that ships in the
>SCSI version already formatted for Mac or IBM? I want to avoid those Mac
>disks, including the one supplied with the unit.
>
>Wily
The SCSi version comes with a disk for IBM, and one for Mac. We've got two
Zip SCSI drives here for Macs, but I haven't taken it and tried it on my GS
(want to though). Do I need to get driver software for the Zip, or does the
GS see it as another hard drive?