From: axel hartmann (axel.hartmann_at_stud.uni-karlsruhe.de)
Date: Wed May 07 1997 - 09:18:46 EDT
Hi he who Mac-outed himself,
>1. Can I use my Mac peripherals? I have a SCSI Zip drive and SCSI NEC
>2v CD-ROM drive and would like to know if I can just download new Win
>drivers to use with them. On that note, I was wondering if anyone has
>had experience with Adaptec's SlimSCSI PCMCIA adapters. I also have a
>Mac printer and was wondering if there was anything comparable to
>"PowerPrint" which allows Macs to use PC printers.
The SCSI-Zip should work just fine, but the installation zip-disk probably
doesn't have the PC-drivers on it anymore, since they are erased once one
chooses the other OS. I believe that they are available at IOmega's site;
also the WinNT drivers which are pretty new. On the other hand, a
SCSI-removable drive works just by plugging it in - the IOmega Tools are
just needed for things like disk protection, the nifty icon under W95 (not
NT!), and so on. Basic functionality works just like that.
One semi-major hurdle is the cable, however. The Mac-type cable can be
pretty hard to get. Definitely watch out for the right quality: I know
people who are having problems with cheap cables and SCSI-Ultra
controllers. It also effected their hard drives on the same chain. No
problems with SCSI-Fast controllers, though.
Greets,
axel
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