Post by: weldiger on August 26, 2006, 08:13:51 PM
Now if someone would tell me where I could get free software for hooking up a 250 mb internal Zip Drive, I'll go back to the Habitat store, and give them the $5.00 for it.
Post by: daryl66 on August 26, 2006, 09:14:38 PM
QUOTE(weldiger @ Aug 26 2006, 08:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Now if someone would tell me where I could get free software for hooking up a 250 mb internal Zip Drive, I'll go back to the Habitat store, and give them the $5.00 for it.
Good place to start would be here I think:This link
Daryl
Post by: Parker on August 27, 2006, 01:24:07 AM
the igloo...
haha it took me until now to figure that out...
46!!
Post by: kbeartx on August 27, 2006, 03:10:48 AM
QUOTE(weldiger @ Aug 26 2006, 07:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
...Now if someone would tell me where I could get free software for hooking up a 250 mb internal Zip Drive..
AFAIK, the drivers to use Zip devices have been built-in to the OS since OS 8.x. I can't imagine that this same ability does not also exist in OS-X, but I've been wrong beef-ore.
IMO the hard part will be to find a free slot both physically [one that's the right size] and on the right type of bus [IDE or SCSI].
- KB
Post by: gunug on August 27, 2006, 10:51:06 AM
Hey is anyone else seeing that Daryl66's avatar picture is missing? Where do they go; and who decides when they come back? The Shadow Knows. . .
Post by: daryl66 on August 27, 2006, 12:08:08 PM
QUOTE(gunug @ Aug 27 2006, 10:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey is anyone else seeing that Daryl66's avatar picture is missing? Where do they go; and who decides when they come back? The Shadow Knows. . .
Hmm I see it ok, u got a gremlin working??
Daryl
Post by: gunug on August 27, 2006, 02:47:17 PM
Post by: Parker on August 27, 2006, 09:39:30 PM
31!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
um... Weldiger,
maybe get some external casing for that zip drive of yours
and use it via. USB
(or scsi or ieee 1284, depending on your computer)
-parker
Post by: Gregg on August 27, 2006, 10:02:29 PM
I was teasing Liz about collecting things (on her computer) the other day... Well, my Mom was a collector. Today, I found a book, and Lisa found another, that was titled similarly. I don't think Mom needed to read them. She came by it naturally.
Post by: Parker on August 27, 2006, 10:33:46 PM
Post by: Paddy on August 28, 2006, 12:38:59 AM
Parker's suggestion that you get an external case - USB or FW - is probably the way to go, if you're convinced you need one. Gives you flexibility to use it with any machine.
However, what kind of connection does it have? If it's a SCSI connection, you're probably out of luck. If it's an IDE/ATA connection you should be fine.
And even though the Zip drive may be cheap, it's media is nowhere near as cheap or ubiquitous as CDRs or DVRs and nor is it as reliable. Plus a Zip disk holds a whole lot less.
Me...I'd forget the Zip drive. I think in a few years it may be akin to owning an 8-track tape deck.
Post by: Parker on August 28, 2006, 01:14:17 AM
hah
i went to costco like immediately to buy one
and used it to take music to school (elementary school - 6th grade)
and they ended up suspending my account for using up too much hard drive space on the server
oh well i'm long past elementary school
and i'm already taking up a few gigs on the Central High School District's server
(3 years of accumulated stuff)
but that ended up going back to costco
i think it was broken
i don't exactly remember
as far as i'm concerned... the zip drive technology, as well as the jaz drive, is close enough to obsolete
(17!!)