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Bishop702
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 Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:43 am Post subject: SWC DX2 and a Jaz Drive |
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Hi I was wondering if anyone has setup up and IOMEGA JAZ TRAVELLER with a SUPER WILDCARD DX2. I have tried many combos with a 1 GB and 2 GB JAZ DRIVE BUT WILL ONLY RECOGNIZE A DRIVE IS THERE AND THEN IT FREEZES.
Has anyone gotten this to work because I can't find anymore info on this.
Cherry roms had info but it is lost. |
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taco
Joined: 07 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:07 am Post subject: |
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| A few google searches show that only the regular 100MB ZIP drives work. Not even the 250MB works... |
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Bishop702
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject: Re-SWC JAZ |
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| taco wrote: | | A few google searches show that only the regular 100MB ZIP drives work. Not even the 250MB works... |
I have also found many references online regarding this. I guess it was discussed on CherryRoms but that site is gone with all its wisdom.
If anyone was on Cherry roms at some time and knows anything about this, any info would be great
I was lucky to have an OLD zip drive that works perfectly with my SWC. Making my SNES cabnet and Zip or bigger is better then having to have a computer for people to use on it.
FYI I just picked up an INNOVATIONS SNES to VGA adapter. It also has Svideo out and and VGA in from your computer so you can switch between the to. It also supports N64 and Game cube it says. Works great on my SNES and the resolution is definately better. Cost me 26 bucks with shipping. |
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Eidis
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Latvia
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:04 pm Post subject: SWC DX2 and a Jaz Drive |
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| You need to change the SCSI ID to 6 for Wild card to recognize and use it properly. |
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RGB_Gamer
Joined: 01 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:15 pm Post subject: Re: SWC DX2 and a Jaz Drive |
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| Eidis wrote: | | You need to change the SCSI ID to 6 for Wild card to recognize and use it properly. |
Yea I tried that already, but will this let you utilize all 2gb of the Jaz 2GB disk? There were references (after I did a thorough google search) to someone who supposedly got 2gb disks to work but never said how or even if it was proven. I as well have a Jaz 2gb drive and Jaz traveler and though it recognizes the disk, it just freezes if you try to load anything. It's just a shame that it isn't accessable via the HDD menu.
it's just easier to get a disk dual and slap in a compact flash to ide adaptor with 2gb compact flash card. |
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Jagasian
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| Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:08 am Post subject: |
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| I was able to get a 2GB Jaz disk working with the DX2, but only when I used the DX2 to format it to a 100MB capacity. Somebody else that posted to CherryRoms claimed that they were able to get it working when formatted to a 2GB capacity using Windows. I never tried to confirm it because I use a Diskdual compatible drive enclosure with a compact flash card slot. CF cards are more common, less expensive, and completely silent... compared to Jaz or Zip disks. |
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RGB_Gamer
Joined: 01 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Jagasian wrote: | | I was able to get a 2GB Jaz disk working with the DX2, but only when I used the DX2 to format it to a 100MB capacity. Somebody else that posted to CherryRoms claimed that they were able to get it working when formatted to a 2GB capacity using Windows. I never tried to confirm it because I use a Diskdual compatible drive enclosure with a compact flash card slot. CF cards are more common, less expensive, and completely silent... compared to Jaz or Zip disks. |
yea even if it did work, it's not worth the trouble. A disk dual and CF2IDE/2gb CF card is much better |
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dvd
Joined: 06 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:14 am Post subject: |
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I originally tried to purchase a new zip 100 drive when I first got my SWC, but it did not work. It wouldn't even recognize that it was there, so I took it back to the store. I later got a used zip drive from a swap meet for $5 and it works great as long as you power up the zip drive, insert a disk, and then turn on the SNES. If you do it out of order, it won't work.
Something must have changed in the firmware of the newer Zip drives to make it no longer compatible. |
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