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- 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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