Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 18:45:30 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Bill Campbell <CAMPBB@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us> Cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Iomega Zip vs. SyQust EZ135 ? Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960227184417.13888G-100000@thurston.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <FF0A71F4E@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us>
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On Tue, 27 Feb 1996, Bill Campbell wrote:
> > From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
> > 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
^ ^
huh?
> controller, and I the expense of adding a SCSI-2 controller
> may not be an option for supplimentary secondary storage.
Somebody else will have to handle that one, I've no experience with SCSI-1.
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