On 11/28/04 5:10 PM, James S Jones of [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent > The generic drives should work. The generic NEC drive I put in my B&W > shows up in the System Profiler as "IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI" and works > fine. The major difference is that the generic drives are usually ivory > in color, unlike the charcoal grey Apple used from the B&W forward.
I also replaced my dead ZIP drive with a generic ATAPI - before doing so, I removed the gray face from the old drive and placed it onto the "new" drive - back to business! and looking like nothing happened. Best regards, Dana > > On Nov 28, 2004, at 1:55 PM, Troy and Brian wrote: > >> The zip drive in my Mac died a painful (for me-electrical) death. So >> off I went to eBay to find one on the cheap, and when looking in the >> Mac side I see them going for the $10-30 range, but on the PC side I >> see them going for $1.00-10.00. >> >> Can you see the obvious question? Will a PC drive work in the >> Mac-given that they are both IDE drives? Won't the Mac just see it as >> another drive like it does my after market DVD burner and the two IDE >> drives that could be either Mac or PC? > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
