Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By ABskate281 Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:10 pm
I'm interested in upgrading my MPC2000, from its original floppy drive to an external zip drive. What do I need in order to do this? Can I just get any external drive and cable for this operation? What are my options?

Please direct me to the proper link if this topic is out of place or redundant.

THANKS!
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By Fung45 Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:14 pm
The most common brand name is iomega but you can also find them made by different companies such as epson. Product names are Zip100 and Zip250, the number meaning the number of MB the disks are. A 250 drive will read 100 and 250 disks but a 100 drive won't read 250 disks, just 100. 250 drives are built a little more solid, I just got one and it seems less prone to breaking. There is no usual price for these as they are no longer made, old machines need old drives (with the gray switches). Expect to pay anywhere from $10 - $50.
By ABskate281 Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:30 pm
bcitral wrote:are you US or european based?

Ive got a couple of spare external drives as I us internal on my XL.

B

US Based.

I'll also have to check scsiforsamplers.com, but I really wanted a 250mb.

Thanks!
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By mumkai Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:23 pm
ABskate281 wrote:
bcitral wrote:are you US or european based?

Ive got a couple of spare external drives as I us internal on my XL.

B

US Based.

I'll also have to check scsiforsamplers.com, but I really wanted a 250mb.

Thanks!


that exactly what i used before i upgraded to internal. i used an external 250mb zip drive. the floppy just sat in my akai. the zips are really old technology so they should be cheap. easy to come by is a different story. i was looking for some on ebay. one week there were plenty. the next there are none or some dude is charging like $105 for his zip drive. 250mb zips narrows it down too, but im pretty sure you can find one if you look hard enough.
i say if you have alot of material on floppy then go external for now and follow fung's (writing in greeeen) directions on the adapters, cables and disks. if you dont try to pick up an INTERNAL 250mb zip drive from scsiforsamplers (best deal and support!). JD should be on this thread. he knows so much!