Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By uribe Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:12 am
i just hooked up a external zip drive to my mpc 2000(not xl) and it says to "wait. . . . " is this normal? its been on for a very long time telling me to wait
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By pt3r Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:39 am
What scsi id of the drive set to and is the termination switch set on or off ?

By uribe Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:28 pm
my buddy told me about a switch. but this zip drive doesn't have any switch whatsoever. its an iomega 100mb zip drive

By uribe Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:29 pm
im guessing its the cable thats not working or the drive because i hooked it up to my PC and the drive didn't show up on the computer
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By muscle Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:05 am
Buy a new short cable.
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By Pilchard Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:33 pm
You have the wrong sorta zip drive.
A scsi drive will have two switches on the back. Thats the kind of Zip drive you need.



edit:

Should be looking like this.....

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