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I have a zip drive lomega with parallel port connection to pc. Justgot new pc and it only has usb. Is there a cable I can buy to convert the zip drive to usb or do I have to buy a new zip drive. Thanks in advance Tony
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Zip Drive? Wow, haven't seen one of those in years. They do make USB-to-Parallel converters, but I don't know if they'll work with a Zip drive. Look here: https://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=usb+to+parallel Not trying to be a smarty, but why wouldn't you just use a CD-ROM or DVD?
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Yeah NCF, sometimes the older the equipment the better it works Thanks for the info :thumb:
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PS, I do also use a CD ROM, I just don't like it, I end up throwing it on my desk and covering it with all sorts of $%#@%. At least with the zip its enclosed in a case. Stupid reason isn't it. :shrug: Thanks again
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Thornhil:
I have an internal Zip drive in my computer at home that I would be willing to part with. I don't have the drivers, etc. to make it work though. It's in the chassis, but I disconnected the ribbon cable from it. I also have an external Zip drive that interfaces through a parallel port but I don't know for sure if it works since it's been a while. Lastly, I have plenty of the disks too, so if you can use this stuff, I am sure we can work something out.
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Ed, are they 250, if so are they clean or do we have to reformat. how much ???? Thanks
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Good answer Rusty
I was just about to post the same thing. T-hill thats what I did.
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You could also spend $15-$20 for a USB Iomega from Office Depot, or staples, bestbuy, CompUSA.
They work well.
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Originally posted by topher:
You could also spend $15-$20 for a USB Iomega from Office Depot, or staples, bestbuy, CompUSA.
They work well. And can be moved to another computer easily.
Joe
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