semi-ot: are zip drives being phased out?

Two issues to consider: 1. parallel port connector (T2K uses a DIP header -- need to make special cable). 2. software (T2K ended with DOS 2.11.xx -- forget exact number). You would need to check minimum required version for Iomega guest.exe program. Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Lead engineer, Altair32 Emulator Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ Web site: http://www.altair32.com/ /***************************************************/ -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 4:46 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Re: semi-ot: are zip drives being phased out? On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Chris M wrote: If you are just trying to connect a ZIP drive to a T2K, why not use a parallel port model?