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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: SlentShadow on September 11, 2003, 12:04:24 AM

Title: Zip DRive
Post by: SlentShadow on September 11, 2003, 12:04:24 AM

hey ive got  a zip disck drive its a zip100 using the scuzzy port and i was wondering if i could plug it in to my a500+ or a600

Any clues

SAm FRedericks
Chaos Design
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Title: Re: Zip DRive
Post by: tonyw on September 11, 2003, 12:15:47 AM

I know it sounds obvious, but there's little you can do without a SCSI adaptor. I don't remember about 600s (maybe there's a plug-in adaptor), but for 500s, the only way that I know of is to get/buy an external disk drive/SCSI combo. The AlfaData people made them in the days back before Cocky died.

tony

Title: Re: Zip DRive
Post by: KennyR on September 11, 2003, 01:10:39 AM

A Squirrel SCSI will plug into the PCMCIA port of your A600 and give you SCSI. A500+ has no such port, though.

Title: Re: Zip DRive
Post by: iamaboringperson on September 11, 2003, 02:14:17 AM

Hi,
It's 'SCSI' not 'scuzzy', and 'disk'(or 'disc' for the round flat ones) not 'disck'

You can't just plug it straight in.
For the A500 you will need a HDD unit plugged into the side that has a SCSI port on the outside.
On the A600 your best bet is to use a PCMCIA based SCSI controller.

Title: Re: Zip DRive
Post by: KennyR on September 11, 2003, 02:23:18 AM

SCSI is usually pronounced "scuzzy" when it's said. ;-)

Title: Re: Zip DRive
Post by: SlentShadow on September 11, 2003, 05:57:55 AM

ok SCSI then
It is an external drive Will it plug into the port on the back of the a600 or will i have to get a addaptor

Title: Re: Zip DRive
Post by: selco on September 11, 2003, 07:53:50 AM

As the others said: Your ZIP drive wight fit into thze parallel port of the computer but that does not necessary mean that it can work there.
All I have heared is that you need the SCSI version. So no chance with a little adapter.

Long time ago I bought the "universal" variant of the Zip-Drive, e.g. with SCSI- and parallel-connection. (The same connector, some kind of auto detection probably. That works ok on the PC with the parallel-Port and on my A4000T on the SCSI-Port.

This  Zip-Drive is however problematic for the SCSI-Bus. It turned out to be the reason for huge problems I had with CD-Burning!
(Now I have 2 SCSI-busses in the Amiga (The original one from the A4000T and the new one from the CyberstormPPC), so I use the original one more or less one for the Zip-drive only and the Harddisks and the CD writer are connected to the Cyberstorms SCSI bus.