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

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From: T. B. Harmon
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 08:59

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In Windows, there are only 4 icons for drives.  Removable (floppy, bernoulli, 
zip, etc.) Fixed, network, and cdrom.  Your file manager shows you what it 
sees.  A HD when it's locked and a "removable" when it's not.

Not to fret...

TB

> >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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