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Optimum Zip Drive Speed
I have a pc I built with the Abit BX-6 (rev2). Just bought a par. port Zip Drive; I daisy chained an HP 712c. Checked the Par. port speed in my setup, and it was set to spp. I know the drive supports the 3 speeds (spp, epp, ecp); but does anyone know what setting the printer can take?
your best setting should be epp both devices should use this and it is faster then spp
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Is ecp not a faster transfer speed? Or are epp and ecp the same speed but different in some other fashion?
bigbobz is correct. EPP is the best for both the zip and printer. ECP will require a DMA channel either set by your bios or motherboard jumpers. Par. zips are very versitile but slow.
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ok bigbobz, u get the pts....post as an answer...as for speed, im not doing THAT bad, i mean, i knew going with the par. id be slower than usb or internal, but i can take this drive to ANY machine...cant say that with the usb just yet....im clocking about 1 meg / 7 seconds which is not bad....does anyone know if thats average or what?
Actually if you are doing 1meg in 7 seconds your port is working great.
According to tests i've seen in pc world and pc magazine your running almost as fast as an internal zip!!!
According to tests i've seen in pc world and pc magazine your running almost as fast as an internal zip!!!
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very cool, thanks for the info sorgie!
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