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From: "Marvin P. Moore" <marvin@alpha.lehman.cuny.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: ZIP drives anyone?
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 00:43:57 -0400
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On Thu, 24 Aug 1995, F.P. Ferrie wrote:

> Dear World,
>   Has anybody out there had any success in getting an Iomega ZIP
> drive to work under *bsd?  I'm thinking of getting one to use as
> a backup device - it looks like quite the deal for $200.  Specifically
> I want to stick it on a Sun 3/60 with NetBSD 1.0A.  Any help/comments/
> net.wisdom appreciated.
> ff
> 
> -- 
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> F.P. Ferrie                                            tel. 514-398-6042
> Department of Electrical Engineering /
> McGill Research Center for Intelligent Machines
> McGill University
> Montreal, CANADA                              Inet: ferrie@cim.mcgill.ca
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> 
> 

I would like to know if it would be possible to "stick" this on a , say 
... DEC 5000 , dl the files I want and then take it home and "stick" it 
on my amiga running NetBSD.