Re: Alternative to Optical Storage????

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Subject	Re: Alternative to Optical Storage????
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On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 23:31:46 -0400, "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
>>   I actually HAVE a gen-1 ZipDisk - parallel port.
>>   They were supposed to be The Future  :-)
>>
>>   Now nothing even comes with a parallel port.
>>   Does anybody sell a USB->DB25 Parallel ?

If they do, the access to it would be a driver for a USB device.
The driver for the ZIP disk would be looking for the hardware registers
for a parallel port, while providing an API for a disk drive. That will
not work.

On 2024-10-05, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
> I put all by ZipDisks on CD-R, and have a directory on my current
> computer with them on it as well. 
>
> I have another computer that still runs, but the monitor died, and i
> was unable to replace it. It had an SCSI connection, which was
> supposed to be the future. Has anyone seen anything with a SCSI port
> recently?

What vintage is that computer? Does it have PCI or PCIe expansion slots?
On eBay you can likely find a PCI or PCIe SCSI expansion board. If you
plug that in, Windows can probably find a disk device driver that works
with it. Linux would almost certainly support it.

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Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-10-01 07:04 +0200
  Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-10-01 01:08 -0400
  Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-01 03:10 -0400
    Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-03 01:47 -0400
      Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-10-03 15:34 +0000
      Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-10-03 17:13 +0000
        Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-03 23:31 -0400
          Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-04 02:12 -0400
          Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-10-05 07:01 +0200
            Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-05 07:41 -0400
              Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2024-10-05 21:03 +0000
            Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2024-10-05 20:52 +0000
      Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Nux Vomica <nv@linux.rocks> - 2024-10-03 19:13 +0000
        Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-04 00:35 -0400
    Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-03 02:28 -0400
      Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-03 03:10 -0400
        Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-04 01:04 -0400

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