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  1. April 17th, 2001, 09:54 AM #1
    Student^2
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    Question Zip Drive

    I just got notified that I am responsible for backing up some production servers that run DOS / iRMX. I noticed they have a shared ZIP drive (with a serial cable). Anything I should know about using one of those in DOS? I've never used any ZIP drives before (dunno why, just never did) so I'm not familar with their driver / config requirements. Can someone enlighten me, please?
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  2. April 17th, 2001, 05:23 PM #2
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    Iomega has what is called Guest.exe for DOS

    BTW: I have never heard of a serial based Zip drive, only a paralel version or the USB version. watch out however, it could be a SCSI{look for this symbol on the back} zip drive which needs a SCSI card.
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    Originally posted by Rellik:
    Iomega has what is called Guest.exe for DOS

    BTW: I have never heard of a serial based Zip drive, only a paralel version or the USB version. watch out however, it could be a SCSI{look for this symbol on the back} zip drive which needs a SCSI card.
    I have seen Jaz drives that hoook up to serial ports so Iomega might have it for there zip drivers as well.
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    I'm quite positive that Zip drives (external) only come in SCSI, Parallel and USB. I've never heard of a serial Zip. I could be wrong....
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  5. April 20th, 2001, 12:13 PM #5
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    I've seen all three of those types (parallel, SCSI, USB) I am almost certain there is a serial version.

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  6. April 20th, 2001, 12:25 PM #6
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    I have never seen a SERIAL ZIP drive, only, SCSI, USB & Parrelel. I have never been offered one either in 10 years of dealing with Suppliers.
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  7. April 20th, 2001, 12:27 PM #7
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    A ZIP Drive on a serial port? Now there is the definition of slow! I have the parallel version at work and it's slow to begin with. I would have to say there's no such animal, no info on Iomega's site.
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