NEW MOD JOB!

Thanks for the confirmation. hahahaha, looks like another VOIDED WARRANTY!!    ;D :P ;D

[quote author=Savage link=board=voided&num=1023154713&start=15#19 date=06/04/02 at 20:01:59]
Either that or a BFH (Big F****** Hammer)  Then put all the little computer chip crumbs in the bottom of your case.  ;D
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LOL.  ;D Thats why I took it apart, I burn CDs now.  For what one 100MB Zip disk costs, I can get more than 6000MB of burnable CDs.  I understand the retro-look, and the desire for flexibilty of media.  I'd pass on this one though.  Warranty?  We don need no stinkin warranty!  ;D

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahaha....HAHAHAHAHA. Im laughing at every part of that post. You're right, zip disks are WAAAAAAAAAY too overpriced and obsolete. is that how you spell it? O.b.s.o.l.e.t.e. And also that stinking warranty. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Heres my thoughts, how bout instead of incorporating it into you case, creating a new clear case for it, and maybe throw some super bright blue led's into it.  Pretty EZ mod Job, whats cool is you can see all the mechanical in action when you do right to zip.

That is a GREAT idea. But the main reason I wanted to make it IDE is this.... PARALLEL IS TOO SLOW. I had a pet turtle that was faster! No joke. I timed how long it took him to run from one side of the room to another. The turtle was able to run laps before the zip drive finished transferring 50 megs worth of data. ok ok, thats not an accurate test at ALL, for many reasons, but you get the picture.

The usb ones seem to be pretty fast but some of the newer tape drives that are out kick ass.

[quote author=KeyserSose link=board=voided&num=1023154713&start=15#23 date=06/05/02 at 09:00:09]
Heres my thoughts, how bout instead of incorporating it into you case, creating a new clear case for it, and maybe throw some super bright blue led's into it.  Pretty EZ mod Job, whats cool is you can see all the mechanical in action when you do right to zip.
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Other than the BFH Savage refered to, that is the best idea I've heard of to do to an external Zip!

I am not ruling that out. But where would I find a clear zip drive? That would be bad ass. Would LEDs heat up the zip drive too much?

Put it in a fish bowl with some fake fish strung up with really thin fishing line  ;D . Or you could just add a window to the Zip drive case like you do to a computer case.  I actually saw somewhere where a gut added a glass cover to his harddrive .  Very hard to do and easy to get dust on the platter's and screw the drive  :P but it looked so kick ass I almost pissed myself.  Any time you start cutting the "warranty void if removed" stickers your tinkering with the high end of this stuff.  I'ld just love to do it to watch the heads swing back and forth.  

LEDs put off virtually no heat.  A window seems the easiest mod.  maybe cut a top window in, mount the Zip with window and LEDs in your top bay, you'll need to cut the baycover to fit, then you could see in your case and see into the Zip.  I saw a mod with a CD rom like that somewhere. ;D