[Coco] Setting up a ZIP drive w/ superdriver, help!

Mark Marlette mark at cloud9tech.com
Tue Dec 6 21:56:23 EST 2005


Paul,

We are busy....but we do support our products. :)

Boisy answered...Awaiting your results.

Mark



At 12/6/2005 07:33 PM, you wrote:

>Mark,
>
>Thanks for the reply, unexpected from you, as I know
>you're busy.
>
>I have the zip drive on the same cable
>as the CD-R drive at $FF50.
>CD-R is slave, zip is master.
>
>typ=$91 (or maybe $D1?)
>sid=$01, cyl=$60 sec=$800
>
>I tried to format it (low level) it got partway and I
>gave up waiting and ^C'd out. Then it wouldn't go past
>sector 2. So now I have two disks that are only 2 sectors
>long, HA! :-)
>
>I guess that zip disks don't get low-level formatted but
>should use the "L" option in "format".
>
>Paul - idezilla
>
>
>--- Mark Marlette <mark at cloud9tech.com> wrote:
>
> > Paul,
> >
> > Yes....Use it all the time.
> >
> > I use a SCSI version external. If that is the one leave to the
> > termination ON, no matter what.
> >
> > You will want to what out for the auto query bit in the descriptor if
> > you plan on a partition. Otherwise let the driver be smart and take
> > care of things.
> >
> > IDE drive master/slave setup and it should just work.
> >
> > What are the problems you are having????
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > Quoting "Paul T. Barton" <idezilla at yahoo.com>:
> >
> > > Has anyone setup a zip drive with cloud9's superdriver?
> > > (successfully). I want to know how,
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Paul - idezilla
> > >
> > > Yes, I have it and the instructions.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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