scsi zip drive problem

hello, I have an external scsi Hard Disk Drive connected to my mpc 3000 LE.
I bought an Iomega 100 mb Zip drive and my mpc 3000 can not read the Iomega although when I connect my Hard Disck I dont have problems!
I though my Iomega zip Drive was faulty (i bought it new) so I bought an otherone (used) but my mpc still
can not read the external Iomega 100mb Zip Drive...

Could some body tell me , what I can do ?

thank you

It has to be a scsi zip drive not a parrallel one, they explain it good is this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=70545

u have to format the zip in order to make it readable...
turn on mpc, go to format, format it.. check there if mpc read the scsi zip.. only under format page...

of course I have SCSI ZIP DRIVE not parallel.

how I can Format the zip? my mpc says :no scsi device when i plug the scsi zip drive...

Is Termination set to "ON" on the SCSI Drive?

What is the Device ID of the SCSI Device?

at 5, and on.

Which one of the two ports of the back of the zip drive itself did you plug it into?

plugged into the port marked ZIP ! !
my HDD works fine when i plug in to the SCSI port!
I dont understand what happens with my ZIP drives ....

If other stuff is working on the same SCSI chain and you're certain that there are no ID collisions etc I'd dare say the problem lies within the zip drive itself. Try another one..

I bought 2 SCSI ZIP DRIVES ! the first one was new , the second used !

I had the same problem when I first used my CF card writer. I had to format the card as FAT on the PC before the MPC3000 would recognise it.

so i should format the zip disc on my pc ?

no format inside the mpc

is it posible to format the zip disk on the mpc, without my mpc reads the scsi?

Have you tried a different cable for the ZIP drive. Since you know that the SCSI bus works, that narrows down the issue to either the Zip drive or the cable that connects to the MPC.