Hardware:Zip:Plug

[Keith Smith]

Hi Jason,


----- Original Message -----
From: Jason <jkenner@mindspring.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: Hardware:Zip:Plug


> Keith Smith wrote:
> > amd500
>
> Which one? K6-2, K6-3( 3+ or whatever its called ...) or Athlon?
>
both are K6-2


>
> > Now here is the question.  I was told by a friend that these zip
> > drives cause a lot of trouble as a rule.  He says they cause bus
> > problems.
>
> I havent had any problems with a zip disk on my IDE bus yet (you
> mentioned internal, but not IDE or SCSI.. since you didnt mention a
> SCSI card, I am guessing the ZIP disk is an IDE / ATAPI one) but I
am
> using it under Linux.
>

Its an IDE.
>
> On the other hand, I have had atrocious problems with the IDE bus
with
> my CDR (A Mitsumi) and a generic 32x CDROM when reading disks that
> arent quite perfect... the drive basically ends up ruining that IDE
> bus. A Toshiba 4X drive I have, on the other hand, generates none of
> these errors.
>

That is one of the problems I get with my Zip and it showed up in my
CD reader and my CD writer both. Remove Zip drive,  problem solved.

> I understand that the ZIP drivers provided by iomega are quite a bit
> more aggressive than those that come for Linux. I am not sure if
there
> are any patches out there or not, but its worth looking into,
> especially in your case.
>

I did not install the zip stuff on the second.  It think M$ provides
something?

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Thanks for all your help,
Keith

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