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Subject: Re: ATAPI Zip challenge : aftermath 
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> > The replacement arrived today, and it exhibits the same basic 
> > behaviour; ie. it no longer looks like an IDE disk at all.  It _does_ 
> > respond to the ATAPI probe, however they appear to have removed the IDE 
> > emulation in current models.
> 
> Does it behave like an ATAPI device ?? Or is it some kind of proprietary
> protocol ??

It appears to behave like an ATAPI device.  Jason Thorpe's anectdotal 
evidence suggests that Iomega are rampant ATAPI/SCSI fans.

> > It'd still be good if someone were to come forward and offer to add the 
> > necessary ATAPI support, of course. 8)
> 
> Shouldn't be too difficult, IF it follows the ATAPI protocol...

Indeed.

mike