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In article <4e5s5k$3v7@panix3.panix.com>,
   schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) wrote:
:
:Several people have asked about the possibility of transporting the SCSI
:ZIP drive to PC's having no SCSI host ... in particular whether there is a
:way to use a parallel port adaptor.
:
:The Adaptec [Trantor] MiniSCSI series won't work by themselves, since 
:they draw power from the SCSI device and the ZIP drive does not 
:provide TRMPWR.
:
:However, Iomega still makes a similar adaptor, currently the PPA-3, which
:is bundled with some Bernoulli drives. It costs about $180 and is available
:direct, or from the special PC/Mac Connection Iomega order line.
:
:There are two gotchas:
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:

I wanted to ask the same question, but now I realize, that it's possible,
but as expensive as to buy both versions of the ZIP-drive. 
Now I've heard, that the PP-ZIP basically is a SCSI-ZIP with an adaptor or bridge
to the PP. Would it be possible to access the SCSI part directly ( without
much additional costs)? 
Maybe anybody knows an answer.