Re: [PARPORT] Slow Zip drive access in Red Hat 8.0

From: Tim Waugh (twaugh@redhat.com)
Date: Thu Feb 06 2003 - 11:38:41 EST

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On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 03:52:25PM +0000, Chris Abrams wrote:

> I don't think I have an ECP/EPP parallel port but why does the system
> choose PS/2 to communicate with the zip drive?

Are you sure you don't have an EPP-capable parallel port? I'd be
surprised. Check your BIOS settings. (It's EPP you want for Zip
drives.)

It uses PS/2 since that's the next fastest protocol that the Zip drive
speaks.

Tim.
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