7 Aug
2026
7 Aug
'26
4:32 p.m.
> Alternatively, has anyone ever tried to use a
parallel ZIP-100 on a PDP-11?
On Fri, 7 Aug 2026, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote:
I am not aware of anyone using parallel ZIP drives on
anything but a
PC parallel port. The SCSI ones work fine on pretty much any machine
Maybe my experiences were atypical, or maybe that's a use of the word
"fine" that I was unaware of :-)
When they first came out, they were really cool.
But, they started dying. A lot.
Was the "click of death" there all along, or was there a design or
manufacturing flaw introduced later on?
I heard that some had a rubber bumper on the head assembly, and some not?
Could THAT have been the problem?