Date   : Fri, 17 Dec 1999 13:20:35 -0000
From   : Chezz <achester@...>
Subject: Re: ZIP drives for BBCs

Would it be easier to use a SCSI zip drive and attach it in the same way as
you would a hard drive ?

If I remember correctly there was an interface board that connected to the
BBC's 1MHz Bus and converted it to a simple SCSI interface.

The disk should then be accessible using ADFS.

                       Any thoughts ?

Andrew Chesterton.
Network Administrator.
Blue Wave Systems Ltd.
Loughborough Park,
Ashby Road,
Loughborough.
Leicestershire.
LE11 - 3NE.
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Email: achester@... <mailto:achester@...> 


-----Original Message-----
From: John Richardson [mailto:j.m.richardson@...]
Sent: 17 December 1999 12:48
To: BEEB
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] ZIP drives for BBCs


> > I have been thinking recently about trying to use an
> > Iomega ZIP drive (parallel port version) with a BBC.
>
> Is the Beeb's parallel interface bidirectional? If not, I'm not sure it'd
> work.

No it isn't. And nor was any Acorn's until around the A5000/A4. So you
couldn't use the parallel port. But could one use something else - the user
port, the Disc Drive port etc.

John

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