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- From: tomk@fc.hp.com (Tom Kennedy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Iomega zip 100 drive
- Date: 28 Feb 1996 22:19:22 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site
- Message-ID: <4h2kda$fug@fcnews.fc.hp.com>
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- John S. Burger (jsburger@xmission.com) wrote:
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- : On or about 27-Feb-96 09:43:54 chayou typed the following words about "Iomega
- : zip 100 drive". My reply is thus...
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- : c> I have installed the subject drive, and am able to use it, but...
- : c> the drive will not recognize a new disk. I have formatted all disks with
- : c> same name and only one partition. I am talking about an A3000 25 meg. mac
- : c> I has been suggested that the A3000 has a defectime SCSI chip. Does
- : anyon
- : c> know anything about this?
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- : AFAIK, the ZIP will not recognize disk changes. At least mint doesn't here.
- : You have to use the diskchange command. My ZIP drive is DZ0: so I issue the
- : following command whenever I change disks.
-
- Sure they do! My Zip handles diskchanges just like a floppy drive.
- But, your SCSI controller must also support it. I know that the 3000,
- the GVP 4008, and the 4091 all support detection of diskchange with
- Zip drives.
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- Tom Kennedy
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