Subject: Re: Iomega Zip100 Paralell on a NetBSD SPARC
To: NetBSD-sparc <port-sparc@NetBSD.org>
From: John Nemeth <jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca>
List: port-sparc
Date: 12/01/2007 15:18:11
On Apr 23,  2:36pm, Chris Wareham wrote:
} Ganimede said on 1/12/07 17:31:
} > 
} > I would like to use my old Iomega Zip100 paralell
} > drive on my SPARCclassic (a NetBSD 3.1 box).
} > Where can I find an how-to ?
} 
} On x86 at least I believe it "just works":
} 
} http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/netbsd.html#using-zips
} 
} However, there may be problems with the parallel port driver on Sparc
} boxes, as I recall having problems getting a printer to work with my
} SparcStation 5.

     The page you point at talks about atapi/scsi versions.  It doesn't
say anything about the parallel port version.  As far as I know, you
can't use the parallel port version with NetBSD.

}-- End of excerpt from Chris Wareham