on 12.02.2004 17:25, Jerry Roberts at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I just had an internal Zip drive go down on an S900 and I want to begin > scouring eBay for another one. Is ANY internal Zip okay, or is there > something special about the Umax situation that requires me to get a certain > model?
Hi Jerry, There is nothing specific that the S900 requires, but a great deal of variation in the Zip drives themselves. Unfortunately, there's no serial number range or such to know in advance just exactly what one will get until one tries it. What you need is an internal SCSI drive, unless you have an IDE bus or external enclosure you want to put it into. Over the years, I've bought several of them and have found that some are bootable, and others are not. The ones that are not are really fussy about having media in the drive at start up, yet do not always consistently eject the disks at shut down. They also, coincidentally, have the emergency eject slot at the rear of the drive in stead of the front, so the case needs to be opened if a disk gets stuck. Hope this helps, paul -- Paul F. Henegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
