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- From: rdavis@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Robert Davis)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Paralell ZIP drive for Amiga?
- Date: 1 Feb 1996 06:14:23 -0700
- Organization: University of Denver, Math/CS Dept.
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- elvemo@sn.no (Rune Elvemo) writes:
-
- >A friend of mine has got one of the ZIP drives for the paralell port
- >(pc). I'm wondering if I can use this one for my Amiga.
- >If anyone know how, please let me now!
-
- >Thank you, in advance!
- >Rune Elvemo
- >elvemo@oslonett.no
-
- No. The parallel drive will not work on the Amiga.
- I have posted an explanation on a WWW page.
- But the simple explanation is:
- The PC has three more programmable lines on the parallel port
- than does the Amiga. Parallel port devices which use those lines
- won't work on the Amiga, ever.
-
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