My Reply follows quote. On 15/05/2004 02:31 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> The "emergency release" button is accessed via a hole in the BACK of Zip >> drives. Similar to the hole next to Mac floppy drives since day one. >> >> Ken > > > I've been following this thread because I am thinking of buying a Zip >drive, for an external box I have. > > Why in the World would they put the EM release in the Back!?!? Could it >be a Money Maker for whom ever most big and little companies call to fix the >jammed Zip drive? Just a thought. > > Ken, I take it all Zip drives are like this? Just gets me to thinking >how to get it in an out easily via the front with longer ribbon and power. > > Michael ------------- Well, I have a BUNCH of Zip drives (internal SCSI, external SCSI, internal parallel, external parallel) and a Jazz drive. The Jazz does have a hole on the front. I suppose it was an engineering decision as the mechanism inside is rather simple looking and ejecting from the rear makes it easy to hit the necessary part. Or, maybe, they were afraid too many folks would break the rather fragile parts by sticking things inside!
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