750 zip drive

whosurpaddy · 13-01-2003 11:14pm #1

i was just wondering if anyone has 1 of these... im thinkin bout getting 1 but heard a rumour that they dont just connect through usb cable as they need more power than the 250s or sumthin similar. if this is true what other cables do they use: parallel or plug cable or what ?

maxheadroom · 13-01-2003 11:34pm

You can buy it with either a USB 2.0 connection or a Firewire (IEEE 1934) connection.

Or, at least that's what the product specs on iomega's homepage say...

elexes · 13-01-2003 11:42pm

why would you buy one of these when you can get a cdrw ??? there not worth it in the long run

ive one of these in work lying around ill have a look 2mor for ya

whosurpaddy · 13-01-2003 11:44pm

thanks but with the 250 usb, you didn't have to have another power source/ plug. I heard that with the 750 you need a plug cable even with USB version.
Just wondering if this is true as I'd reconsider getting one.

sceptre · 14-01-2003 12:31am

AFAIK you need a plug.

The other thing about the 750zip drive is that it will only write to zip750 or zip250 discs - no writing to a zip100 disc (though it will read all zip discs) (the peats website says it'll write to a 100MB disc - they're wrong though)

Might not be a problem for you - I transfer to and from some 100MB drives so it would be for me.

whosurpaddy · 14-01-2003 1:34am

Originally posted by elexes
why would you buy one of these when you can get a cdrw ???

there a lot handier than cdrw for writing stuff quicker, they can take more abuse than a cdrw and also u can plug a zip into any puter with a usb port, what do u do if u need files from another puter without a burner. thats the main advantages as i see it anyway

maxheadroom · 14-01-2003 1:46am

have you considered a portable hard-drive?

elexes · 14-01-2003 10:00am

ye for what ur describing a portable hdd connecting to usb 1/2 would be better for you . not every pc has teh iomega zip drive allready installed

maxheadroom · 14-01-2003 12:35pm

have a look ay this - lacie pocketdrive U&I:

http://www.lacie.com/products/product.cfm?id=4A867773-54C8-11D5-97C60090278D3ED0

Unity in Dublin are the cheapest I found on them when I was researching this a few months ago (I was gonna use this to do my downloading in college and then transfer everything across to my comp at home if I couldn't get broadband...)

whosurpaddy · 14-01-2003 2:20pm

hmmm thats an interesting option alright. do these have to be installed does anyone know, or can they just be plugged in & used?

anyone have one of these? are there any drawbacks?
they only have a speed of 4200rpm, would this make much of a diff when transferring larga amounts of data?

longword · 14-01-2003 7:54pm

Originally posted by whosurpaddy
hmmm thats an interesting option alright. do these have to be installed does anyone know, or can they just be plugged in & used?

Both USB and Firewire have cast-in-stone protocols for dealing with storage devices. Thanks to that, any compliant device (pretty much every plug-in hard disk and Zip drive) should work out-of-the-box with any OS that supports USB or Firewire. That includes Win98, Win2k, XP, OS X, and Linux.

they only have a speed of 4200rpm, would this make much of a diff when transferring larga amounts of data?

They're standard laptop 2.5" hard disks at heart. More than fast enough for your purposes and certainly faster than a Zip drive. Should be easy to replace with a higher capacity or faster drive later in the unit's life if need be. The mechanism should be as reliable and robust as the Zip drive itself, and since the media is sealed it should be more reliable than Zips that can be exposed to dust and whatever else the atmosphere has to offer.

As for drawbacks, the main one would be giving bulk data to a 3rd party. You probably wouldn't mind handing over Zip disk, but handing over your whole hard drive is a different matter.

Gerry · 14-01-2003 8:23pm

Its still gonna be a hell of a lot faster than a zip 750 drive.

maxheadroom · 15-01-2003 4:15pm

Originally posted by longword
As for drawbacks, the main one would be giving bulk data to a 3rd party. You probably wouldn't mind handing over Zip disk, but handing over your whole hard drive is a different matter.

How about just burning a CD? Similar capacity to a Zip 750, cheap media cost, and almost every computer has a CD-ROM drive.

Washout · 15-01-2003 4:20pm

I unfortunetly got the 750 Zip Drive and it comes with its own seperate power supply. I got it mainly to transfer files from work to my home machine...It does its job but your better off with a cdrw IMHO.

It makes an awful whirling noise so you cant copy files descretly around your workmates. they come over wondering what the heck is going on

Dempsey · 15-01-2003 6:07pm

Originally posted by Washout
It makes an awful whirling noise so you cant copy files descretly around your workmates. they come over wondering what the heck is going on

What were you doing, downloading the WHOLE internet so you can look at it at home?

kamobe · 15-01-2003 6:15pm

What were you doing, downloading the WHOLE internet so you can look at it at home?

I have it here on my floppy. Give me a buzz and I'll send it round to ya....

Dempsey · 15-01-2003 6:25pm

PM Sent*.:D

Good one kamobe.

Pimp Ninja · 15-01-2003 6:37pm

Originally posted by longword
Both USB and Firewire have cast-in-stone protocols for dealing with storage devices. Thanks to that, any compliant device (pretty much every plug-in hard disk and Zip drive) should work out-of-the-box with any OS that supports USB or Firewire. That includes Win98, Win2k, XP, OS X, and Linux.

Not strictly true, but on the right track. Devices like this use the windows standard large disk controller driver (not exact name, but its the same driver used for standard IDE interfaced Hard drives). This driver is NOT available in win 98 or 98 second edition. But is in all Microsoft OS'es released afterward ie ME 2000, and XP. I cant tell you about any other OS'es because I know nothing about them, other than basics but thats not part of this discussion.

Another Option is the likes of
http://www.wdc.com/products/usb40gb.asp
A full size IDE Hard Drive on a USB interface, available in 40, 80, and 120 GB options. Again has the same drawbacks as the other one mentioned by maxheadroom, however its advantage is slightly cheaper due to its full size IDE drive as opposed to the Laptop size drive in the other option.

And again its drivers are provided on a CD for Win 98 and older OS'es but on anything after that It is automatically picked up.

Having used similar devices recently enough, it is far superior in transfer speeds to a USB Zip 250, which I use myself, and is just as portable, NO seperate PSU required.

Alternate products (ameican site, but I'm sure you could find a local supplier)
http://www.maxstore.com/product.asp?sku=2234645
http://www.maxstore.com/searchcat.asp?search_id=3

750 zip drive

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