I always had to use Iomega Guest if I did not load the driver as an extension at startup. Actually I prefer it that way.
But yes there is a drive on the zip disk IF it is in Mac format, I believe. Anyway, I have booted off Zip disks. I actually booted my Pismo Powerbook from one when the hard drive was failing (the zip drive in the media bay). If you are using osX there is no special driver but all forms of ClassicOS do require a driver somewhere. I still use these things. The thinner blue boxes don't work very well, a regular SCSI box / internal seems to work best but the IDE ones also work OK. I don't know what they did to cripple the ones but they are a pain. On Feb 11, 12:07 pm, John Carmonne <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 11, 2011, at 10:18 AM, Doug wrote: > > > I have an older Mac, a Quadra 610 and I have a chance to buy an Iomega > > ZIP drive. I used one a long time ago and I forget whether I need an > > INIT to get the drive on my desktop. Help. > > > Doug > > As soon as you insert a disk it should mount without any init's or extensions. > > John Carmonne > Yorba Linda CA > 92886 USA > Sent from my MBP -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
