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Re: Bought SCSI ZIP drive... but can't install it?

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From: videoman
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 10:24
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>I know. That's what SHOULD happen! >:) I've been informed, however, that
>one particular model of NCR's SCSI controllers will recognize it as an
>external floppy disk drive. <g> Don't know if it's true, but since I've
>seen many people complaining about that, I can't see why I shouldn't
>believe that the problem really exists.

well, I have a zip drive (scsi) and I have a NCR controller, if it is set 
up as "removable" aka UNLOCKED in zip tools then things like x-tree show 
it with a floppy style icon, however when the drive is LOCKED it shows up 
as a HD icon. :shrug:


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Subject: Re: Bought SCSI ZIP drive... but can't install it?
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