Iomega offers a wide range of zip drives which include the USB Port drives, parallel Port drives, SCSI port drives, and Internal drives. There are advantages and disadvantages to each of the four mentioned. Like any other item you wish to purchase you should know what you needs are before you purchase a zip drive, so that you may purchase the right unit.
The external models connect with either the USB port, the parallel port or the SCSI port.
They may only be used with the port that they are designed for. The SCSI is a type of interface or port for connecting peripheral devices, such as hard drives, CD-ROMs, scanners and Zip drives. It stands for small computer system interface and is pronounced "skuzzy." SCSI is the standard interface on almost all Apple computer
Finally the internal zip drive is a very fast unit, and it is economical. On the other hand, it also needs to be installed internally in your CPU. Another disadvantage is that if you are uncomfortable installing any kind of internal devices you may want to have this handled by your local reseller.
The Parallel port zip drives are also portable. They are have the advantage over the other devices because almost all PC's have parallel port on them. This makes transfer on software from one computer to another easier.
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