Re: Iomega Zip FAQ 1.5

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From: Michael Schuster
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 1995 12:17

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Since you asked for additional questions:

How are media defects handled? Does a formatted Zip disk ever return
"bad sectors" to DOS? If not, does the formatted disk have spare sectors
for silent replacement? How many? What happens when it runs out? Is write
verifiction performed during i/o? What are Iomega's criteria for accepting
a disk as defective uner warranty (relate to answers to above questions on
defect handling).
 

You might also point out that, cabling difficulties aside, the SCSI Zip
cannot be used **ALONE** with the Adaptec/Trantor MiniSCSI series of
parallel-to-SCSI adaptors because they require TERMPOWER which, stupidly,
the Zip drive does not provide. They will work, however, if (still
further cabling difficulties aside) another SCSI device is in the daisy
chain which does provide TERMPOWER.



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Date: 5 Aug 1995 08:17:47 -0400
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