It's "Iomega".I bought a USB diskette unit and copied the Omega driver onto a PC format diskette usning a modern computer. I will see (next week) if the SE30 can read it and install it from that.
Comparison of the two.P.S.: make sure you have got a SCSI version of the zip drive; the Parallel Port version for PCs might sport a connector of the same physical dimensions, but experiments to connect this to a SCSI port are strictly forbidden ;-)
Nope. The only way a Mac formatted ZIP disk will load is if it has a system file on it, assuming it has an acceptable driver for the SE/30 ROM. The only way to see a blank ZIP disk is to have the extension in your System folder.You might also try to connect the iomega disk drive with inserted HFS formatted disk to your Mac, drive ready while booting. Probably this will cause an appropriate drive to load during the boot process without an iomega extension.
Iomega probably produced a Parallel only ZIP drive, but they definitely produced a combo SCSI & Parallel disk drive that was auto-sensing. Not sure if there was one with a manual switch earlier or not. It's entirely possible he has one of those, which would be just fine for use with either.make sure you have got a SCSI version of the zip drive; the Parallel Port version for PCs might sport a connector of the same physical dimensions, but experiments to connect this to a SCSI port are strictly forbidden ;-)
The online manual includes advice how to transfer files. HFVExplorer v.1.3.1 has also limited support for ZIP media.To produce a Mac usable floppy disk on a PC follow the instructions given in our 68kMLA Wiki -> HFVExplorer.
I'm really confused. If you have a year old iMac, why not just use the USB disk drive to make an HFS formatted 1.44MB disk for the SE/30 and download the ZIP driver onto it from your Mac. Zero compatibility problems. This seems like a no-brainer unless you just like making your life as complicated as possible. That's really all you need to transfer files between your iMac and SE/30, a single HD floppy disk and USB disk drive.I have a year-old iMac. The SE30 has "LocalTalk".
Weird. I've never heard of this before. Your USB drive should be able to read/write HFS as long as its connected to a Mac.The USB disk drive I bought can only read and write to PC FAT disks.
When you attempt to format a floppy with your iMac, you should be presented with a pull-down menu with several options. Did you check for these?The USB disk drive I bought can only read and write to PC FAT disks. Both a modern PC and my iMac can write to such a disk, but only a HFS disk can be used in the SE30. Getting the driver from a modern PC or my iMac to a HFS disk is the problem.rollie44