Re: Zip Technology Hard Card - HELP!

[gbmaidsf@wco.com (Ric Sanz)]

In article <3roqv9$gg2@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, toddpw@shred.ugcs.caltech.edu
(Todd P. Whitesel) wrote:

> Peter Hinchliffe <hinchlif@numbat> writes:
> 
> >Does anyone out there know anything about these cards from Zip Tchnology? 
> 
> BurgerBill did the original design; after some fallout with Zip, he sold
> them himself (or rather a little company he owned half of -- Parsons
> Engineering -- did) and I bought one, a 120 Mb Connor.
> 
> >Did they use the SCSI or IDE protocol?
> 
> IDE. They are the same drives used by many PC laptops.
> 
> >He originally received the drive 
> >from Zip pre-formatted, without any documentation or utility software.
> 
> I received a utility disk with mine; it might work, but Bill said that
> he'd improved the drive firmware quite a bit, so I think it's iffy --
> in any case your best bet is to get in touch with Bill somehow and
> ask him.
> 
> Todd Whitesel
> toddpw @ ugcs.caltech.edu

If you bought the IDE HD card from ZIP,(they no longer support it, in any
manner) you can use the Focus IDE HD utility disk to format, the hard
drive, etc.  I've done it with my IDE HD card.  I have both; ZIP and Focus
IDE HD cards.  To get the software, mentioned, contact:
Steve Parsons - Parsons Engineering (818) 966-5538.  He should be able to
help you out with the software and perhaps some tips on the ZIP HD card
also!

Charles Turley
gbmaidsf@wco.com