From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 27 15:45:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA22824 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 15:45:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from jolt.eng.umd.edu (jolt.eng.umd.edu [129.2.102.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA22817 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 15:45:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from thurston.eng.umd.edu (thurston.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.206]) by jolt.eng.umd.edu (8.7.3/8.7) with ESMTP id SAA08664; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 18:45:34 -0500 (EST) Received: (from chuckr@localhost) by thurston.eng.umd.edu (8.7.4/8.7) id SAA13932; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 18:45:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 18:45:30 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@thurston.eng.umd.edu To: Bill Campbell cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Iomega Zip vs. SyQust EZ135 ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Tue, 27 Feb 1996, Bill Campbell wrote: > > From: Chuck Robey > > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 17:07:24 -0500 (EST) > > Subject: Re: Iomega Zip vs. SyQust EZ135 ? > > > > [some previously quoted text deleted] > > > > > > Can you use parallel port version with FreeBSD? > > > > > > > Have'nt tried the Zip with FreeBSD.... > > > EZ135 works great though... > > > > I have, I have zip working through the 50 pin ribbon connector on > > the back of my Adaptec 1542C, and it works fine. Not slow, has been > > reliable. Probably a lot slower if you use the parallel port > > version. > > How do you think the speed be using the Zip with a > SCSI-1 controller versus the parallel port version? How much slower > is SCSI-2 from SCSI-2? I ask because my machine has a built-in SCSI-1 ^ ^ huh? > controller, and I the expense of adding a SCSI-2 controller > may not be an option for supplimentary secondary storage. Somebody else will have to handle that one, I've no experience with SCSI-1. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------