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- From: farren@shore.net (Mike Farren)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: How can I use the non-SCSI Zip drive w/ A500?
- Date: 4 Apr 1996 12:19:31 -0500
- Organization: Focus Studios
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- krafsur@iastate.edu (King Henry V) writes:
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- >Uhh yes you need a driver
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- >You dont just hook a printer up and expect it to work without a driver
- >do you...
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- A ZIP drive isn't a printer, in case you hadn't noticed.
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- >> I would like to use the parallel zip drive with my Amiga 500, but it
- >>will not recognize it. Do I need a driver? Is it possible.
-
- To answer the original question, no, it's not possible. The Amiga's
- parallel port and the IBM's parallel port are different - the only
- devices that will work on both of them are ordinary printers.
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