23.012 Which SCSI interface works best with a Zip Drive?
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This article is from the Apple II Csa2 FAQ, by Jeff Hurlburt with numerous contributions by others.
23.012 Which SCSI interface works best with a Zip Drive?
Your best choice is the version 3.01f RamFAST. Along with good speed,
Direct Memory Access support, and on-ROM utilities, you also get an interface
which permits ejecting a Zip disk and mounting a new Zip disk from the System 6
Finder. (There is no need to restart the system in order to swap disks.)
The RamFAST 3.01f also supports a variety of CD-ROM drives and hard disk
drives.
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By: Supertimer
The same can be said of the Apple High Speed SCSI. With a partitioned Zip
disk (or CD-ROM), you have to lasso or shift-click to highlight all the
partitions and drag them to the trash to eject the disk. (As long as one
partition remains on the desktop, the disk stays in.) There is no need to turn
off the computer to swap disks. The interface is a bit slower than RamFAST.
However, it actually supports MORE hard disk drives than the RamFAST.
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By: David Empson
The problem with non-support of removable devices only applies to the
original Apple SCSI card, not the high-speed one, and even then it only applies
underProDOS-8. You just need to be careful not to switch disks without
rebooting, because it won't realize that a new disk (potentially with different
partitioning) is in the drive.
By: Rubywand
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