Emax

Hmm that seems like a lot to buy...sounds like the internal zip drive is a
lot easier.  If i buy an internal scsi zip drive I can just plug it right
in, right?



On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 5:41 AM, jammie <jammie.emma@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>
>
> there is no cheap cf drives doing it your self is the cheapest option buy
> an acard 720u scsi to ide adapter
>
> and a ide to cf adapter 32mb cf cards are �3-5 so yes they are as cheap as
> zip disks
>
> plus get a slimfloppy from ted as its easier to format the cf this way
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: RJ Kaufman
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 12:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [emax] Emax Zip Drive
>
> So what's a cheap good cf drive you can recommend. Are the flash cards
> as cheap as zip disks?
>
> On Feb 26, 2010, at 9:24 PM, Dave Sotnick <sotnickd@...<sotnickd%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > With the Emax I you must use a ZIP drive that can be set to SCSI ID
> > 0. All
> > external ZIP drives I have come across can only be set to SCSI ID 5
> > or 6.
> >
> > While Compact Flash (CF) is a better option, if you're going to use
> > ZIP
> > drives, you'll need an INTERNAL SCSI ZIP drive, since they have
> > jumpers that
> > you can set to any SCSI ID (all jumpers off/open sets the drive to the
> > required ID 0).
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> > Dave
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:50 PM, leavesstillgreen
> > <errorspending@... <errorspending%40gmail.com>>wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> So, my miniscribe hard drive broken in my Emax. I'd like to replace
> >> it with
> >> an external zip drive.
> >> Can I just buy any SCSI zip drive off ebay and hook it up?
> >>
> >> I haven't found any good instructions for this yet.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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