Jon De Schrijder wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> can someone answer the following questions?
> *How large is each sector on a ZIP disk?
> I believe it is 512bytes. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Correct
> *When a ZIPdisk is formatted on a PC: does it include a partitiontable
> or not? More precisely: is sector 0 a partitiontable, or a normal MSDOS
> bootsector?
I think, that it is MSDOS bootsector, but I only THINK so.
> *What about the format of the SCSI ZIP on MSX?
It is not standard... You can't forexample use MegaSCSI disks on Novaxis
and vice versa.
> *Does anybody know where I can find technical documentation about the
> ZIP drives? (Couldn't find anything at www.iomega.com)
Zip drive works just like normal HDD on MSX computers. There is no need
for any kind of drivers etc. If you allready have HDD, then you
probabbly know how Zip works with your interface.
Ps. I'm back home again. Happy new year to all of you.
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