Hi all!

I just got the parallel port ZIP drive, but I didn't find any drivers for the parallel port, only for scsi.device. So how should I make it working?

Thanks in advance, MarK.

Hi Mark,

I remember that when I once had a parallel ZIP drive on my "boosted" A500 and I was using ppazip (click to download) which was working pretty well.

I think it uses parallel device thru another hacked device or some hack of that kind.

As I don't have any parallel ZIP drive anymore, I can't tell if it'll be working, but it may be worth a try.

Good luck :)

Fred

My suggestion would be to take it back and get a zip drive that connects through USB.

or internal IDE or int/ext SCSI ...

Personnaly, if I had a SCSI board, I'd go that way. On the other hand, USB is useful if you often bring your ZIP drive at school/work/friend's place.

Internal IDE is great, as it fits in a 3.5 bay slot.

Fred

I've got a zip 100 IDE I dont even use. Do they work well on Morph?

Hi Acill

YES, it works well. You need fat95 filesystem and to make a mountlist
entry for the zip drive.
example;

/* ZIP3: fat95 PC file system for zip #3 */
/* $VER: fat95 file system 3.06 (08-Aug-2002) by Torsten Jager */

FileSystem = l:fat95
Device = ide.device
Unit = 3 /* change drive number here */
Flags = 0
LowCyl = 0
HighCyl = 1
Surfaces = 1 /* bootblock values have priority over these */
BlocksPerTrack = 1
Buffers = 600
BufMemType = 1
BootPri = 0
Stacksize = 4096
Priority = 5
GlobVec = -1
DosType = 0x46415401 /* enable ETD commands */

nels

Please don't gimme advices like return it and get a SCSI one, it's a bit silly. I got the parallel zip for free and I asked how to make it working, nothing else.

The ppazip archive is only for Amiga (I guess) as it requires joystick port Did anyone here make it working? When I use the parallel.device as the device (in da Mountlist), it seams to be correctly mounted, but when I try to format it, it just says, that device cannot be opened...

Thanks, MarK.

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[ Edited by Velcro_SP on 2011/3/12 1:52 ]

@nels

You don't need FAT95 to use an IDE ZIP drive unless you want to use
Windows-formatted disks. I use SFS on my ZIP disks.

--Aaron

Well, if it were serial, I'de suggest a serial->usb adapter. I am sure that physically, the parallel port on the Pegasos would handle the device, but I would not even begin to know where to get the device driver needed.

Might I suggest locating an open-source linux device driver for the device? Then, at least there is the possibility of porting the driver to MorphOS.

I have an internal IDE ZIP 100 connected to my Peg II (shows up as unit 3). I have inserted some Mac formatted carts. I didn't expect to see them automount, but without a device label, how can I format them for SFS? Do I still need a mountlist of some kind?

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@MarK

Well, I'm afraid it won't work as the parallel port from Amiga isn't working the exact same way the one for PC does. I'm pretty sure tho that the Pegasos parallel port is standardised (so probably the same as in a PC), but - as the program I suggested you (and I didn't remember that) requires the joystick and that it's meant for the Amiga parallel port - you're unfortunately screwed up!

Unless someone codes a driver or unless it works with the mountlist below (changing the device to parallel.device), you probably will have to forget about it.

Hope it helps a bit!

Fred

@jdryyz

What I do is prep the disks in SCSIConfig. I setup 1 SFS
ZIP0: partition on the disk. After you do that, you will be able to
format the disk like normal.

--Aaron

Ahh....forgot I gotta treat it like a hard disk.

Hmm....so if did want to read PC or Mac formatted carts, a mountlist will be required, correct? I wonder if my old CrossMAC will do the trick for the Mac side.

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I've installed a 100MB Zip with Iomega installer on my WB 3.9 CD. It was very easy. I've never had any problems.

Cheersk, Tom

@jdryzz

Yes, you will need mountlists to read PC- and Mac-formatted disks.

I think CrossMac will work. I think there are even mountlists on
Aminet to use with CrossMac.

--Aaron

Are you referring to the "IoTools" app? I launched this and even with my properly selected ide.device unit 3, it doesn't see my drive. It would be nice to use since it offers all the other Iomega options (protection for example).


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Thanks. I will give it a try.

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It was a long time ago, so I'm not sure, but i think you have to copy ZIP (and perhaps ZIC) in DEVS:Dosdrivers

Is there a bounty (donations) to anyone who can get parallel port zip drives working on Pegasos running MorphOS?

I see many of these parallel 100MB zip drives priced between $10-$15 used, very affordable storage/backup solution.

No bounties yet :)

Parallel ZIP support should be fairly easy. The Pegasos parallel port is ECP-capable and is coded the same way you'd low-level code a PC parallel port.

There are two kinds of Parallel ZIP controller - iomega "PP3" and the newer "IMM" SCSI controllers. The specifications aren't published but the drivers in Linux and *BSD versions are very easy to follow - all you need is a trackdisk-style (zippar.device or something) on top to access the blocks on the Zip disk, and you're away.

I'm not volunteering, just saying :)

My own personal Zip drive is parallel but I cheated to use it on my Pegasos - the Zip disk is connected to the server for scheduled backups, and it's also on an automounted Samba share - so I just use SMBFS to read any files off it that I want.

Neko

Hello,

Is it possible to use an Iomega PARALLEL Zip 100 drive (NOT IDE, NOT SCSI) in the Pegasos II using MorphOS?

I would have one of these PARALLEL drives unused and it would be useful to use it to exchange data with an Amiga computer with an own internal Iomega Zip drive

There is no driver (device) under MOS! How should this work?
If someone rewrites the ppazip.device for Pegasos-Paralleport it might work - otherwise: forget it.

Maybe it's possible with Linux........


[ Editiert durch Amigaharry2 06.04.2021 - 16:41 ]

SCSI ZIPs also works with MorphOS (here in PowerMacQS G4)

SCSI and IDE works flawless, but he want it badly to do it with a parallel-ZIP............