Jeff wrote: > Have you tried initializing a blank ZIP in the IDE ZIP drive? It's > possible that ones initialized in the SCSI based drive are formatted > differently somehow. Of course, if true, this will shoot down most > of the point of having a ZIP drive, if you can't read disks written > on other drives.
This really would defeat the purpose, all right. I'd be surprised if it's a factor, but at this point, anything is worth a try. This might reveal an unexpected clue -- which is probably what it's going to take, since so far none of this is expected. I've been transporting stuff between work and home on PC-formatted 100MB Zip disks for years without a problem. I can go between all the following systems, every drive mentioned below can format a DOS disk and have it work perfectly in all the others, the Mac systems can all format and share Mac disks, and I didn't have to do anything special to accomplish this: - work system Dell Lattitude CPx w/Zip 250 Parallel, Windows 2000 Pro, Windows XP - home system #1 Yosemite w/ATAPI Zip 100 Insider, Mac OS 8.5 - X.1.5 - home system #2 S900 w/SCSI Zip 100 Insider, Mac OS 8.1 - 8.6 - mother's system S900 w/SCSI Zip 100 Insider, Mac OS 8.5.1 - wife's work system Compaq Presario w/Zip 250 Parallel, Windows NT4 - Windows 2000 Pro You really should be able to do what you want to do without a problem, unless you've got some unusual, isolated hardware defect or incompatibility in the mix (still my guess). Hope this helps, somehow.... -Kennedy -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
