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From: nelson@cs.uwp.edu (Jeremy Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Do the 'zip accelerator' cards work as scsi adaptors?
Date: 25 Jul 1996 14:06:17 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Parkside
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I have a parallel zip drive currently.  I have found the zip drive to be
a very useful tool.  I am currently looking at purchasing a scsi zip
drive for the sake of performance, and also because i would be able to use
it under freebsd.

(I understand that there is a parallel port driver, but when i read the
documentation, it appeared to imply that it was mutually exclusive with
printer support, so im just going to buy another drive.)

The "ZIP accelerator" cards that they sell along side the zip drives claim
that they act as a host adaptor for the scsi zip drive.

My question is:
Is this a card, that if i purchased it and installed it, would act as a 
normal scsi host adaptor?  Or does it use a proprietary interface,
meaning i would need to use a regular scsi adaptor to use the zip drive?
If i can get away with just buying the zip accelerator, i would, because
i dont have immediate plans to buy other scsi devices, and i only have about
$250 (US) total to work with.

Thank you for your consideration to assist.
Jeremy