Message-Id: <3.0.6.16.19990831091325.429fc942@mail.cybercable.fr> Organization: Michelle's Internet Service X-Link: http://www.michelle-is.com/index.htm X-Moto: Micr0$oft = What do you want to crash today? X-Sender: starone AT mail DOT cybercable DOT fr X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (16) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 09:13:25 +0100 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com From: Michelle Konzack Subject: Re: how many diskettes for djgpp ? In-Reply-To: <37CACC24.C853A0AD@unb.ca> References: <7qctef$76j$1 AT solomon DOT cs DOT rose-hulman DOT edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk Sorry, but the parallel port version of IOMEGA-ZIP-Drive does not work with all Mainboards. in most cases 386 and 486. Webmistress Michelle At 18:42 30.08.1999 GMT, you wrote --------> This was the original Message: MK>Eli Zaretskii wrote: MK> MK>> On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Damian Yerrick wrote: MK>> MK>> > Two words: Zip drive. Iomega makes excellent drives that connect to any PC MK>> > with a parallel or USB port (you may need to download the drivers from MK>> > www.iomega.com to install on your CD-less PC); carry the driver disk with MK>> > you when you go. MK>> MK>> Aren't there quite a few machines out there which don't have a USB MK>> port? MK>> Isn't it easier to find a CD drive? If it is, then a CD is much MK>> easier to take with you than a Zip drive, isn't it? MK> MK> But, you would need to find a burner to save your installation onto a CD. MK>And then it's read-only. If you are worried about computers without USB ports, MK>then get the parrallel version. MK> MK> MK> MK>-- MK> (\/) Endlisnis (\/) MK> s257m AT unb DOT ca MK> Endlisnis AT HotMail DOT com MK> ICQ: 32959047 MK> MK> MK> MK> MK> --------> The Reply begins here: