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How To Get ZIP Drive Work In MS-DOS 6.22 And Windows 3.1 ?

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Hi!

I have parallel ZIP drive by Iomega – want to use transfer files from my PC to my 486.
In my PC I have SCSI ZIP drive – same model, only other interface, working. But on my 486 always when I try at least run Guest it finds letter for ZIP but always is not accessible – insert disk into or not valid…

How to configure ZIP drive?

Thank you for each help.
Miro

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      The dos setup file that I have from iomega for zip drives is iodrv-dos-x86-10.exe. Try that setup file. If you google it you should be able to find a download.

      I assume the parallel drive is external. Make sure the parallel/printer port it’s connected to is set to ‘bidirectional’ in bios setup.

      Are you sure it’s a parallel external zip drive using a parallel cable? Iomega made SCSI external drives that looked exactly the same as their parallel ones and used the same DB-25 cable connection that parallel ports used. You can connect a DB-25 SCSI cable to a parallel drive (and vice versa) but it won’t work so make sure that’s not the issue.

      I tried once to install the drivers on a floppy bootdisk but had problems somewhat like what you’re having. So if you’re trying to install to a floppy instead of the hard drive that may be the reason.

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