My Reply follows quote. On 26/05/2004 10:49 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >I'm hoping someone can answer this question with some personal >experience. I own a PowerMac 7100/80 and I am completely happy with it. >Recently my Iomega 250 External Zip Drive (25-pin SCSI) seems to be >failing. Has anyone had any success in adapting the USB connection of >the Iomega 750 External Zip Drive so that it can be used on this >PowerMac. I can upgrade the system as far as 9.1 (750 requires at least >8.6) but I'm not sure if it will be compatible. When asked, Iomega said >that a third party adaptor could make the connection but they didn't >know if it could cause damage. If the 750 can't work does anyone know of >a dealer with new 250 SCSI drives? eBay is just out of hand for the >item... Many thanks. --------------- I rather doubt that there is or ever was a way to use a USB device of any sort on a 7100. The 7100 is a NuBus device, long old when USB was introduced. There are USB PCI cards which will give USB ports to old Macs, but you need the PCI bus. Sorry.
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