external zip drive

Just got my scsi cable off ebay today for amy 100mb zip drive(iomega) now ive searched the forums and couldnt find what i was looking for...which port do i use and which way do the switches go?...i goto to scsi-5 on my mpc an it says its a HD and then says scsi not ready. what do i do?

This thread should tell you what you need to know.


viewtopic.php?f=1&t=70545&p=641581&hilit=guide+to+zip+drives#p641581




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thanks fam thats just what i was looking for...

now it still says scsi not ready on my mpc.

If you have both switches down on the zip drive, have the cable connected to the left connector (looking at the back of the zip drive), have selected SCSI-5 on your MPC and have a zip disk inserted into the drive, it should work. If the MPC still says "SCSI not ready", then I'd guess the zip drive has a problem.

Something I noticed when I used a zip drive, was that whenever my zipdrive would go into "powersave mode" I would have to eject the zip disc, then insert it again, wait till the spinning slows down and then push load. Worked a charm every time!

it also shows up as a HD drive is that right?