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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!psgrain!quack!quack.kfu.com!nsayer From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) Subject: Re: Iomega 2GB Message-ID: <nGmWXsP@quack.kfu.com> Sender: news@quack.kfu.com (0000-News(0000)) Organization: The Duck Pond public unix, +1 408 249 9630, log in as guest. References: <329C3031.372C@i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> <57i44o$2n9@raven.eva.net> <57l4b7$hr0@uriah.heep.sax.de> <57nb22$d8u@newshost.lanl.gov> <kientzleE1nJ1q.2AE@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 16:03:49 UTC Lines: 22 kientzle@netcom.com writes: >Here are two options I've used: > ZIP SCSI: US$150 for the drive, 100meg media are ~$15 apiece > Plus $50 or so for a cheap ISA SCSI controller > (I believe FreeBSD supports the Iomega ZIP SCSI controller, > which is cheap, widely available, and fast enough for > most tape, cdrom, and ZIP drives. Though I wouldn't use it > for my primary hard disk.) If I remember correctly, doesn't the internal SCSI zip drive come with the el-cheapo ISA SCSI board free? The thing looks funny to me: It's the length of an ISA slot, but it's only 1" tall. Just enough room for two chips and a 50 pin connector. Must be a pain if you have to install it between two populated slots. -- Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> | I am Pentium of Borg. N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NORCAL.CA.USA.NOAM | You will be approximated. +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/ | -- The Usenet Oracle