Iomega ZIP drives

[Dave Mabry]

charlesb at otcgaming.net wrote:

> actually I have a scsi ZIP drive
> 
> and it is possible to run it on straght scsi.. I do here.
> 
> 
> basically you just need the scsi card and a standard external scsi cable 
> to fit.
> 
> the only propriety bit was the stupid little dongle that you had 
> attached to either end of the cable. i've run it fine here on standard 
> scsi using a normal scsi pc-card.
> 
> the other thing, watch out for the head crashing problem. as it tends to 
> knacker the disks.... if u start getting a clunking sound then look up 
> on google. there was a site which had a fix for it, but i forget what it 
> was.
> 
> regards
> charles

The site you are thinking of is Gibson Research, I suspect.

http://grc.com/tip/clickdeath.htm

Is the "stupid little dongle" you are talking about the thing that 
changed a standard 50-pin high density scsi connector to a 25-pin D 
connector?  That is a somewhat standard kind of a dongle.  You can buy 
cables that do the same translation.