[X4U] SCSI to USB for ZIP drive

[Art Landrey]

On Feb 18, 2005, at 7:03 AM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:

> A co-worker asked me to look into this for him. He just ordered a new 
> iMac and is wondering if there's any way he can still use his Iomega 
> 250 Mb SCSI ZIP drive with it? I've checked Iomega's web site but 
> couldn't find any mention of weather or not it's possible. We're 
> wondering if it's possible to use a SCSI (25 pin) to USB cable to 
> connect the drive? Anyone have any experience with this?

Not exactly, but my guess would be yes -- I have been using my 100MB 
SCSI Zip drive successfully with my original Bondi iMac for almost five 
years now by having it plugged into an "entrega Mac usb dock" (which 
has a SCSI port and a serial port as well as several USB ports); 
perhaps a 250MB zip would also work with the dock, but I don't think 
they're entrega-branded anymore. Also, I have a "USB Adapter" made by 
iomega which allows me to connect my jaz drive directly to Graphite 
iMac's USB port, so there might be a similar adapter made for a zip 
drive. He just might have to hunt around a little bit.

HTH!

iMac DV SE (Graphite) 400 MHz PowerPC G3
768 MB SDRAM & 120 GB (7200 RPM) WD 1200JB Caviar HD
Mac OS X 10.3.8 (Panther) & OS 9.2.2 (Classic)