Sorry, I'm obviously _very_ late replying to this, but I thought maybe I could help. I'm happily using the VST drive with OS 8.5.1. I never installed the Iomega software that came with the drive; I saw no reason to bother with it. I stuck with the same old driver I was using for my Zip external. It worked alright, except for some minor issues (I'm a very heavy user), but I eventually downgraded the driver to a much older version (ca. 1998?), which has been more reliable and presented no problems whatsoever. The driver is only 48 K; I can send it if you want. The bottom line is OS 8.6 is not a requirement, and I would expect OS 8.1 to work the same. - Josh
on 5/21/02 12:12 PM, Tom Roth wrote: > Does the hardware need 8.6 or is it the zip extension from Iomega requiring > 8.6? If that latter, I've got still got version 1.0 of Iomegaware for > Macintosh if that would help. Don't know the system requirements for 1.0 but > I'd think it'd work under 8.1 and probably older. > > Contact me off-list if you need me to send you a copy of it. The file is > about 2.4MB though. > >> ---------- >> From: Gary E Davis >> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 2:46 PM >> Subject: VST zip drive and Mac os >> >> Hi all >> >> I just received a VST zip drive(5300 version) for my Birthday but it requires >> OS 8.6 and my 5300 is running 8.1 is there anyplace I can download updates to >> bring 8.1 to 8.6 >> >> Thank you >> >> Gary -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
