> From: Fluxstringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PCI] Zip drives cease to be able to read discs... > >> I recently installed a Zip200 drive in my B&W G3. Initially this >> read and wrote on Zip100 discs which were written on the external >> Zip100 drive on my 6116; the Zip100 drive read these fine. But then >> the Zip200 drive started throwing up the message "This disk is >> unreadable. Do you wish to format it?". If I do format it, not the >> Zip100 drive throws up the same message. >> >> Zip100 & Zip200 drives are compatible when using Zip100 discs, so >> the fact that one is a 100 and the other a 200 is not the problem. >> >> This is the only way I have of transferring files etc between the >> two machines. >> >> Ideas please? >> >> -- > _____________________ > > A six dollar ethernet crossover cable and a few minutes configuring > the SW will solve it all. > > > -- > Adrian
Well, maybe if the machines are near each other. Personally, I find it a bother to set such a thing up if one is just transferring the odd file now and then and usually have only one machine on at a time. But anyway, the original question about zips is interesting. When one burns to a CD (eg on antiquated 2x burner and Toast 3.5.7 software), one can choose different formats. Like ISO 9660 (rather than 'Mac files and folders') to share with a PC for example. This enables one to get mac made files to a PC. What would the equivalent file format to ISO 9660 be in the world of zip disks? Sometimes I do want to read my mac made files on my own PC from zips because this is less trouble than burning a CD. I have erased zip discs on my Mac and formatted for windows, put things like eps files (able to be opened in apps on the PC on a zip drive for PCs that can read 100 and 250) but, while this sort of works, I have some evidence that it is not a wholly reliable process. Perhaps there are more modern options to choose a format when initializing a zip than I am aware of (I use old scsi external zip 100 drives and the software Iomega put out with the drives...ages ago...) David Elmo (Andrew, you could burn to CD but seems a waste... or maybe you burn to rewriteables but these latter don't always open well on different machines. Just a thought if all else with zips fail. I would at least freshly initialise the 100 on the machine from which you transfer files...) -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
