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USB Zip 100
Posted by: jhorvath911 on 2015-04-26 11:53:12
I haven't been able to find much repair info out there but I recently acquired a NIB USB 100mb zip drive.  Im thinking it may have capacitor issues because I get a power light but it is not found when connecting to a computer and will not eject a disk.  I didn't want to just start ripping it apart blindly so if anyone has any info it would be great.
Posted by: uniserver on 2015-04-26 14:02:24
sorry to not provide a technical solution... but its a usb zip drive if it don't work toss it.

they are a dime a dozen.
Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2015-04-26 14:03:09
I've seen them for $1 at the thrift store. 🙂

Posted by: uniserver on 2015-04-26 14:11:52
Now that Mike McMaster has a BUS powered SCSI2SD product ... the hard drive as we know it... and the zip drive has been completely deprecated...  And with BMOW's floppy emu...   HD20 and Floppy Drives and Floppy Disks have also been fully deprecated. 
Posted by: jhorvath911 on 2015-04-26 14:45:28
I happened to have picked one up at thrift store yesterday but at the same time I still would like to figure this out since it was new in box. And just for record it is the full size blue model not small sub one.

And as a follow up I wanted usb zip to easily move files from my work computer to my Mac that's on my second desk.
Posted by: CC_333 on 2015-04-26 15:06:58
Yes, I like Zip drives, but I actually have to agree with Uniserver on this one. The SCSI2SD and FloppyEmu with HD20 emulation makes pretty much all other forms of storage redundant and unnecessary, plus they eliminate all the typical reliability problems (stiction, rubber stoppers turning to tar, grease turning to glue) because they have no moving parts, and they can last almost forever as a result.

I think I'll stay with Zip drives awhile longer, though, since both drives and disks are very cheap (sometimes free) and plentiful.

However, I'm sure purists will tend to stay with standard floppies and hard drives for the full retro experience.

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EDIT: You might try a different PSU, as the symptoms you describe almost sound like it's not getting enough power.
Posted by: jhorvath911 on 2015-04-26 15:32:42
I mean sure there are other solutions; in fact what I have been doing to move files back and forth is run an ftp server on my iPhone that both work computer and my quadra are able to access but it isn't very convienent. It would be nice to just throw a pile of files on Zip disk Pop it out and throw in quadra zip.
Posted by: sstaylor on 2015-04-26 17:23:08
Uniserver, that's a nice adapter you've got on that SCSI2SD; where did you get it?  I just got my SCSI2SD this past week.
Posted by: uniserver on 2015-04-26 18:14:17
oh they are now available for sale on mikes site.     http://shop.codesrc.com

i still have a 100mb scsi zip drive on my bench that i use all the time for booting up boards and stuff..

once i replace it with a SCSI2SD, it will be long gone.
Posted by: bibilit on 2015-04-28 01:49:03
I have maybe 3 USB Zip drives and never had any problem connecting those to my fleet... what is your computer and system ?
Posted by: CompuNurd on 2015-07-17 19:51:23
I just saw this thread today, did you ever get this working?
Posted by: CelGen on 2015-07-18 06:45:40
Now that Mike McMaster has a BUS powered SCSI2SD product ... the hard drive as we know it... and the zip drive has been completely deprecated...  And with BMOW's floppy emu...   HD20 and Floppy Drives and Floppy Disks have also been fully deprecated.
Assuming someone doesn't want to pay close to $150 or more for both adapters, Zip will remain a very viable and low cost method to transferring data since at worst the cost of a drive is still 1/5 that of a SCSI2SD.
Posted by: mori512k on 2015-08-14 09:12:06
I have 4 SCSI2SD drives for various Macs including an external which boots the Plus fine. Had two Zip drives break on me while using it for a boot disk for the plus. The clicks of death occurred which also destroyed the Zip disk and all info was gone.

I still have a SCSI and a usb Zip drive which is great for transferring info between the compact Macs and my Lombard, however, as a boot drive, don't think the zip was made to handle continuous read/write like a floppy.

Have a floppy emu, but haven't set it up yet. Looks to be perfect for the 512k. Looking forward to trying it out.
Posted by: uniserver on 2015-08-14 12:45:05
yeah the HD20 support of the Floppy emu is fantastic.



Also there is quite a few machines that natively have HD20 support in rom

- plus

- se

- classic

- classic II

- pb 100

- Portable 5120 / 5126

- LC

- LC-II

- IIsi

- IIci

And with a dougg3 rom, You can add HD20 support to the



IIcx

SE/30

or a - 128 / 512k with a plus rom,  Or a BMOW programable Rominator.



i really like the HD20 support.

or for those of you that want an original HD20

if you can find one here is what they look like. 

Thanks to Techkinght i do own a real one, they are pretty nice.
Posted by: CC_333 on 2015-08-14 14:02:37
I have a real one as well, and it even works!

What I like best are all the neat sounds it makes. click.....whirrrrrrrr....beeep....chugachugachugachuga.....

c
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