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Zip drive

By choys Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:18 pm
Hallo everyone. I have a problem with my MPC3000 to read my Zipdrive????
I bougth like 4 Zipdrives and my MPC is not reading them. C

Can anyone help me with this problem???

Thank you very much. Greetz Choys
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Re: Zip drive

By 7 1 4 Beats Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:30 pm
Do your Zip Drives have Termination ID switch on the back of them?

Re: Zip drive

By choys Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:41 pm
7 1 4 Beats wrote:Do your Zip Drives have Termination ID switch on the back of them?


Thanx for response. No , they don't have that. Is this a problem??? Thanx in advance. Choys
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Re: Zip drive

By 7 1 4 Beats Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:43 pm
Yup! Your using Parallel drives instead of SCSI Drives. You need to get the Zip Drives that have the 2 switches on the back one switch is the Termination ID and the other is SCSI ID.

Re: Zip drive

By choys Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:53 pm
7 1 4 Beats wrote:Yup! Your using Parallel drives instead of SCSI Drives. You need to get the Zip Drives that have the 2 switches on the back one switch is the Termination ID and the other is SCSI ID.

Thank you very much for this information!!! Damn, waisted a lot of money on several drives.

Now i have to find one(two, need one for my MPC60 to)

Thanks again. Choys
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