Jeez, I am sorry for you, but happy for me, I hear this before I buy one
for somebody (I have already 2 ZIP's that I use on MSX, one build in a MSX
2+ in a big PC desktop case and one external (old model) on the Turbo-R.
Furthermore I have 2 PC's with ZIP, one with the same build in as the MSX
2+ and the other IDE.
Klick of death is also something that bothers me, but I never ever
experienced this problem.
I use ZIP from the beginning and even before with Bernouli 150 (still works
100% on both PC and MSX)
I have heard from a supplier that IOMEGA is stopping with the internal
SCSI-model! So, no more drives to be used on MSX! It was the only model
that had SCSI ID 0 to 6!
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Greetings and till mail!
Hans-Peter Zeedijk, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MSX en anders niks! (op die P2 na dan!)
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Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Verzonden: woensdag 24 juni 1998 11:02
Aan: msx
Onderwerp: HD + ZIPplus = dead HD !!
Hi!
A short line of info for anyone who's about to buy a ZIP drive for his/her
MSX.
DO NOT BUY A ZIPplus - the new ZIP drive with SCSI _and_ parallel
interface!!
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It seems the perfect solution: you can connect it to the PC's parallel port
or
connect it to the SCSI-chain on either PC or MSX. And when used on the PC's
parallel port it runs flawlessly, but...
The ZIPplus gives problems when used in a SCSI system with more than
one device! Probably, the internal termination of the ZIPplus is
malfunctioning
which can result in dataloss on the other drives connected to the same
SCSI-bus!
In my case, the dataloss included a corrupted partition table and destroyed
FATs.
The problem doesn't occur on MSX only, it's also present when the ZIPplus
is
used on PC. When this was reported to Iomega, the manufacturer of the
ZIPplus,
their only answer was an updated version of the manual which describes the
problem. NO SOLUTION IS GIVEN!
Iomega states that you should use the ZIPplus in a SCSI-setup only with the
original cable supplied with the drive (which makes it almost impossible to
connect it to any MSX SCSI interface) and with the ZIPplus as only device
on
the SCSI-bus (which makes the ZIPplus really unusable on all SCSI
interfaces
except MegaSCSI, because you can't set the SCSI ID of the ZIPplus to
anything
but 5 or 6).
Damn, am I pissed!!! Hfl.450 down the drain :-(
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
PS. Anyone want to buy an almost brand-new ZIPplus? :-J
PS2. Note that this message only applies to the ZIPplus!
The original ZIP is ok (AFAIK).
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