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First post, by ntalaec

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Does anybody know if there is any way to use an Iomega 100MB External SCSI Zip drive on a DOS/Win98 computer with parallel port only?

If not, is there any SCSI adaptor for an ISA slot?

Reply 1 of 2, by dionb

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Er yes, there are hundreds of SCSI adapters for ISA slots available. If you don't need to boot from it, something simple from the Adaptec AVA-15xx series.

There are even parallel port - SCSI adapters, like the Adaptec APA-348 ("MiniSCSI Plus Parallel"), although if you have ISA slots available, the cards are much easier to find, cheaper, faster and less troublesome in terms of driver and BIOS settings.

Reply 2 of 2, by Disruptor

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There do exist some ZIP plus drives that have a hybrid paralell/SCSI port.
If you are not absolutely sure that you have such a drive, please avoid such attempts.