zip drive

ive been using an iomega zip drive for years on my 2kxl.....the zip drive recently died so i bought another one. the mpc does not recognize the new drive and the new drive does not have the scsi id option on the back. how do i format this drive to work

if there is no scsi ID in the back, i dont think you have a scsi drive.. sounds like a parallel drive..

man get a card reader they like 30 bucks on ebay

EMFinite wrote:if there is no scsi ID in the back, i dont think you have a scsi drive.. sounds like a parallel drive..

Yep.

2KXL4life wrote:man get a card reader they like 30 bucks on ebay

Yep.

i got problems with my zip drive too, but which card reader should i buy ?? are they all working with the xl I'd be really happy to throw my old zip away...

i checked on eaby and there are some with a usb connection. Could it work

i bought this exact one from the same people on ebay for 30$ then 10$ Shipping

http://cgi.ebay.com/IDE-Multi-in-One-Ca ... dZViewItem

they come brand new and it works flawless on my Mpc2000xl



Then I Fallowed these Instrunctions:

http://home.tiscali.nl/~smeyer/mpc/

Now im using Compact Flash Cards instead of Floppy or Zip

And Only Spent 40 On upgrading to MCD 2000XL

wow, thanx a million man

i wonder if these instructions will work on the 2k? also, did you have to solder the wires together or can you just twist them together and tape? im not too familiar with soldering (still!). I will if I HAVE to go that route, but if I dont have to, then I wont...

thanks fellas

Lampdog wrote:I knew you was coming with the info. lol.

just trying to help out

2KXL4life wrote:just trying to help out

Right on.

Smoove03 wrote:i wonder if these instructions will work on the 2k? also, did you have to solder the wires together or can you just twist them together and tape? im not too familiar with soldering (still!).

The 2k motherboard doesn't have an internal 50pin atapi data connector like the 2kxl. The power connector can be done for 2k as in the tutorial but that's it, not the atapi part of the tutorial.

Just so happens that the mcd in that tutorial is the exact same model I bought a while back for my 2kxl. It's the same one that pt3r speaks of in my "useful links" thread. Smoove03, move up to a 2kxl.

it works perfect for me and took about 5 min to install and start running