From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 27 08:19:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA00508 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 08:19:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay3.smtp.psi.net (relay3.smtp.psi.net [38.8.210.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA00502 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 08:19:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us by relay3.smtp.psi.net (8.6.12/SMI-5.4-PSI) id LAA16359; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 11:18:49 -0500 Received: from DWIGHT/MAILQ by d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us (Mercury 1.21); 27 Feb 96 11:19:37 -0500 Received: from MAILQ by DWIGHT (Mercury 1.21); 27 Feb 96 11:19:18 -0500 From: "Bill Campbell" Organization: Dwight-Englewood School To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 11:19:10 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Iomega Zip vs. SyQust EZ135 ? Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.22 Message-ID: Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > From: Chuck Robey > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 17:07:24 -0500 (EST) > Subject: Re: Iomega Zip vs. SyQust EZ135 ? > > [some previously quoted text deleted] > > > > Can you use parallel port version with FreeBSD? > > > > > Have'nt tried the Zip with FreeBSD.... > > EZ135 works great though... > > I have, I have zip working through the 50 pin ribbon connector on > the back of my Adaptec 1542C, and it works fine. Not slow, has been > reliable. Probably a lot slower if you use the parallel port > version. How do you think the speed be using the Zip with a SCSI-1 controller versus the parallel port version? How much slower is SCSI-2 from SCSI-2? I ask because my machine has a built-in SCSI-1 controller, and I the expense of adding a SCSI-2 controller may not be an option for supplimentary secondary storage. *--------- * Bill Campbell email: campbb@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us * Dwight-Englewood School phone: 201-569-9500 ext 3206 * 315 E. Palisade Avenue * Englewood, New Jersey 07631 * USA