>The regular scsi disk drivers should be able to handle the ZIP drives,
>I think.  As long as you put one disk in and leave it there for the
>duration, it should look like a regular hard disk.  I don't know why
>the MacOS needs special drivers/extensions unless it's to handle
>mounting, unmounting and changing of the media...

That is correct.  The ZIP (which I really like) appears to be a normal 
scsi device.  However, it comes with special mac driver that allows 
automatic mounting when a disc is inserted.

-sean

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