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Date:      Fri, 11 Sep 1998 11:39:50 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Enkhyl <enkhyl@hayseed.net>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Parallel iomega zip 
Message-ID:  <199809111839.LAA00762@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Sep 1998 16:02:19 PDT." <Pine.LNX.4.02.9809101557470.165-100000@hillbilly.hayseed.net> 

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> On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> > > Sorry for the slow response. I had to run some additional tests to make
> > > sure I wasn't being a twit. :-)
> > > 
> > > I've tried it with both ZIPplus and parallel ZIP drives with the same
> > > results: it doesn't find the device.
> > > 
> > > here's the boot info:
> > > 
> > > ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 on isa
> > > ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
> > 
> > Have you tried changing the port mode in the BIOS?  Are you using the 
> > cable supplied by Iomega?  Does it work with the DOS 'guest' driver?
> 
> Not yet. Do you have any suggestions as to what I should change it to?

Try all of them, obviously. 8)

> The choices I can see from looking at the BIOS setup are:
> 
> ECP mode
> Bidirectional mode (PS/2 Compatible)
> Normal mode (AT Compatible)
> 
> Yes, I'm using the Iomega-supplied cable.
> 
> It works under NT, but I don't know about DOS 'guest'. I can check.

That's good enough.
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