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Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!bry From: bry@netcom.com (Bryan Althaus) Subject: Re: Using ZIP drive across UNIX hardware platforms? Message-ID: <bryDL3ypw.3H9@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <4cb9aq$9d5@gilligan.htc.com> <4cfldq$lic@crl.crl.com> Distribution: inet Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 07:13:08 GMT Lines: 12 Sender: bry@netcom15.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:37260 comp.sys.sun.hardware:31492 comp.unix.solaris:57143 comp.sys.sun.admin:60462 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2081 Christoph Torlinsky (ctorlins@crl.com) wrote: : How do you get a zip to work with a sparc? isnt the connector differenT? : smaller? I have an ss20, and my coworker has a zip, naturally I want to do : the same as you did...do I need an adapter? risk of frying the scsi bus? : -chris All you need is a cable with a DB25 male on one end (zip side) and the other end a SCSI-2 male (Sun side). You can get the cable in a day or two by calling PC and MAC Connection ( IOmega's perferred distributor ) at 1-800-800-1111. The cables $29.99.