[ale] DITTTO 2GB

[tk]

Charles Shapiro wrote:
> 
> Not yet. But maybe soon. I bought one a week or two ago and got it running
> on the MS-DOS side of my machine. I intend to make it work under OS/2 V3
> (don't ask..) soon.  I'll probably switch it to linux when I get my
> embryonic home network further along.  There are mini-howtos on ZIP drives
> at:
> 
> http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Install.html
> 
> and:
> 
> http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive.html
> 
> that should at least get you started.
> 
> Make sure that you have the e.17 firmware on your 2-gig DITTO.  Older
> versions have scary bugs in them (e.g. formatting destroys the media). You
> can see the rev when the MS-DOS drivers load. I'm still running down the
> rest of the issues. If I find anything really useful, I'll let you know.
> Please do me likewise.
> 
> -- CHS
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tk [SMTP:tk1932ga at bellsouth.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 12:51 PM
> > To:   ale at ale.org
> > Subject:      [ale] DITTTO 2GB
> >
> > Does anyone in this group have an IOMEGA DITTO 2GB tape working on
> > any flavor of LINUX ???
> >
> > Thanks
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> > Ted in Atlanta
The DITTO I have is a tape machine.  I have finally got it working
with 2.0.35.  The biggest lesson I've learned so far is that the LINUX
gods really stick it to us with the INCONSISTENCY of parallel port
addresses.
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Ted in Atlanta