SyQuest SQ270 SCSI should work on a Windows 9x machine if you have a proper SCSI adapter. The drivers for Windows will be for the adapter not the drive.

How about the parallel drives? Can any parallel driver epathd.mpd work? https://www.helpjet.net/Fs-32300988-41778946- … 78-extract.html

Those models didn't have a parallel port version.

Yes they do. Model is SyQuest SQ270P. I'm guessing the internal drive is IDE or it might be a parallel PCB.

I have kept that driver from Win95 times, dont know what Hardware is supported, at least my 40 MB SCSI drive was.

digicube wrote on 2021-01-04, 21:57:

Yes they do. Model is SyQuest SQ270P. I'm guessing the internal drive is IDE or it might be a parallel PCB.

My mistake, i thought the first Syquest drive with a parallel port model was the ez135.

Found this link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20030218161807/ht … st/syquest.html

From this page:
https://web.archive.org/web/20030206085934/ht … om/drivers.html

lolo799 wrote on 2021-01-05, 00:05:

My mistake, i thought the first Syquest drive with a parallel port model was the ez135. […]
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digicube wrote on 2021-01-04, 21:57:

Yes they do. Model is SyQuest SQ270P. I'm guessing the internal drive is IDE or it might be a parallel PCB.

My mistake, i thought the first Syquest drive with a parallel port model was the ez135.

Found this link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20030218161807/ht … st/syquest.html

From this page:
https://web.archive.org/web/20030206085934/ht … om/drivers.html

Good find Digicube ! I have a bunch of older Syquest drivers and manuals in my archives but they are older than that.
One thing about the older Internal or external SCSI ones is that they mated to a 25pin EXT port on a SCSI card or Mac (like an old SCSI scanner).
The internal drives were standard 50pin so would work with any internal scsi adapter of the time with proper scsi drivers.
The old drivers only support certain scsi adapters BUT the utilities will work with nearly any good scsi adapter if you have the adapters drivers.
Will save your linked drivers as they are newer than the 3.50 I have.

Thanks for the links. I found parallel Win2000/XP drivers Ephdw2k.zip here. https://www.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=84377

Looking for Shuttle Technology EPIA parallel port IDE adapter Windows 95 driver. The drivers on Syquest website are not for the SQ series drives, they are for EZFlyer and SyJet drives.

Edit: Found it.
https://www.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php … driverid=119051
https://www.helpjet.net/Fs-70945198-41778946- … 67-extract.html

EPIA is DOS driver, it forces Win95 to run in DOS compatibility mode. This disables my IDE and SCSI controller, so my DVDROM is not working. Windows locks up during writing, have to wait until completion before it's free to use again. Bummer.
I might as well remove the IDE drive from the external enclosure and connect via IDE.

Edit: I delete the EPIAHD drivers from loading in Config.sys. Now IDE, SCS ports and DVD drive working. Win95 is now only locking for a few seconds during writing instead of until completion. Much improved.