Parallel ZIP Drive Really SCSI ???

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From: Pete Holsberg
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 15:39

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An interesting thing happened today. I decided to back up
my nearly-full 850MB HD on an external WangDAT 1300 tape
via an Adaptec (nee Trantor) MiniSCSI adapter cable,
something I've done in the past.

As I alread had a parallel ZIP drive connected to my
computer's parallel port, I simply connencted the MiniSCSI
cable to the ZIP's printer port.

Then, I ran the SCSITEST utility that came with the MinSCSI
cable.

Imagine my surprise when it said that it found TWO SCSI
DEVICES!!! It identified one as
	WangDAT 1300, V02.1, sequential access device
and the other as
	IOMEGA ZIP 100 V C.19, direct access device

What's the significance of this? Is the ZIP really a SCSI
device with a built in parallel-to-SCSI interface? How hard
would it be to bypass that interface and get right at the
SCSI part?

Thanks,
Pete

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Subject: Parallel ZIP Drive Really SCSI ???
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