Re: Parallel ZIP Drive Really SCSI ???

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From: Michael Schuster
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 23:53

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In article <DnwM5D.Aq6@mccc.edu>, Pete Holsberg <pjh@mccc.edu> wrote:
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>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?

You are correct that the parallel Zip drive is really a SCSI device with
an on-board parallel-to-SCSI converter. But the SCSI bus is internal to
the single controller board, and is not accessible from the outside.







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Date: 7 Mar 1996 18:53:31 -0500
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