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by **George Nguy** » Thu, 10 Aug 1995 04:00:00

I know this subject has been addressed before, but I have not seen any
satisfying answers.

So, can the PAS 16 SCSI work under Linux, and can it work with the IOmega
Zip drive, SCSI version?

George Nguyen

by **Byron A Je** » Wed, 23 Aug 1995 04:00:00

>I know this subject has been addressed before, but I have not seen any
>satisfying answers.

Not this particular one...

Quote:
>So, can the PAS 16 SCSI work under Linux, and can it work with the IOmega
>Zip drive, SCSI version?

In theory yes. However there is one massive problem: the cable.

The PAS 16 only has the 50 pin dual in line connectory for internal
devices. The Zip drive has a Mac SCSI interface which is a non-standard
DB25 pin interface. While there are cables that convert the external
50 pin centronics connectors to the mac, I've never seen an internal
to mac connector.

In desparation I tried to wire a interface between the two. It was a
miserable failure.

Sorry I'm not much help here.

BAJ
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by **H Brett Bol** » Fri, 25 Aug 1995 04:00:00

>So, can the PAS 16 SCSI work under Linux,

Yes.

Quote:>and can it work with the IOmega Zip drive, SCSI version?

When I hooked it up, the computer froze ( it did not even get through
POST). I suspect the pc db25 connector and the Zip db25 connector are
different.

Call IOMEGA, and see if they can provide a cable for big $.

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>George Nguyen

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PAS 16 SCSI and IOmega Zip drive.

PAS 16 SCSI and IOmega Zip drive.

PAS 16 SCSI and IOmega Zip drive.

PAS 16 SCSI and IOmega Zip drive.