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Re: E/D and Iomega Zip drive
On Mon, 4 Sep 1995, Eric Palm wrote:
> Now I have the parallel port version of the IOMEGA, just got it today.
> I've just tried it with Executor DOS, and it works fine. But how would I
> get Linux to recognize it without a driver like 'guest' that that is on
> the floppy?
Linux does not *currently* have a parallel port driver for the IOMEGA Zip
drive. I'm unaware of a driver in development, but I trust the skills of
the thousands of Linux kernel hackers out there...
Just a few messages ago, LastGamer@aol.com wrote:
> Please explain to me why the Parallel Port version of the Zip Drvie is not
> supported. It is only different in that it contains a built in PPA-3
> parallel port to SCSI adapter. It also uses ASPI drviers and is supported
> as a SCSI device in Windows 95.
Define "built in". Does this mean the parallel version has an internal
proprietary parallel port <-> SCSI adapter? The first question that comes
to mind would be how to disable it.
As for the ASPI drivers, are those for the parallel port version? If so,
is the driver running under DOS compatibility mode to provide the
appearance of that SCSI "device"? If this ASPI "shim" is available, one
would hope IOMEGA would release the spec for other platforms to mimic.
It would be a sad irony indeed if IOMEGA truely "crippled" a perfectly
fine SCSI device with a proprietary parallel port 'converter' that cannot
be circumvented.
- Ian Blenke <ian@blenke.com>
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