Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 11:19:10 -0500 From: "Bill Campbell" <CAMPBB@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us> To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Iomega Zip vs. SyQust EZ135 ? Message-ID: <FF0A71F4E@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us>
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> From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> > 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 controller, and I the expense of adding a SCSI-2 controller may not be an option for supplimentary secondary storage. *--------- * Bill Campbell email: campbb@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us * Dwight-Englewood School phone: 201-569-9500 ext 3206 * 315 E. Palisade Avenue * Englewood, New Jersey 07631 * USA
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