Date:	Wed, 31 Jul 2002 18:13:22 +0100 (BST)
From:	Alex Venn <aven AT ukgateway DOT net>
Organization:	Computer Peasant
Message-ID:	<2002731.14185@olim.1.45>
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: 250Mb ZIP drives
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Reply-To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com

In article <000f01c23490$30210300$c03dfea9 AT atlantis> you write:

> So far I have only used SCSI, ATAPI, and IDE Iomega ZIP-100 drives
> and had no problems with them under DR-DOS (except for a problem
> with Iomega's GUI tools, which was solved with DR-DOS 7.03).

They are the drives I've been using and my experience was as yours.
If the 250s are as good as the 100s I've got six or seven years of 
trouble-free use ahead of me. 

> Since the device drivers for the ZIP-250 should be the same as
> those shipping with newer issues of the ZIP-100, I don't expect
> any problems using ZIP-250 drives under DR-DOS.

You're right, the ATAPI drives I've got drop right in and work with the 
existing drivers. My ZIP-100s were all pretty old, but the drivers I've 
been using are updated to '96. The ZIP-250s I've now got come with
drivers dated '98 and they're about 9% quicker than the '96 vintage 
(with the 250 drives).
Sadly, while there are DOS drivers on the CD, there aren't any DOS utils 
(that I can see) and the drives appear to have been simplified because 
some of the commands (eject for example - I loved that one :) appear to
have been dropped. The old DOS utils work with the new drivers OK,
though.

> Of course, you will not be able to use USB ZIP drives under any
> DOS, but if you get one of the rare SCSI or ATAPI ZIP-250 drives,
> they should work just fine.

Don't the Cypress drivers work ? The way I read the DUSE 4.2 docs, they 
should work with most USB disk drives, including ZIPs.
In the UK, so far as I can see, SCSI ZIP-250s are non-existent, but the
ATAPI version is freely available and already cheaper than my old 
ZIP-100s were :(

> PS. Has anyone tested one of the new LS-240 drives under DR-DOS yet?

Never even seen one ! My attempts at getting an LS-120 to work wasn't 
exactly a resounding success, but the drives are very hard to find in
the UK these days. From the number I've  seen in skips they either 
didn't work that well or just lost the popularity race.

Alex.
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