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28.Dd March 5, 1998
29.Dt VPO 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm vpo
33.Nd parallel to SCSI interface driver
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Cd "device vpo"
36.Pp
37For one or more SCSI busses:
38.Cd "device scbus0 at vpo0"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The primary purpose of the
41.Nm
42driver is to provide access to the Adaptec AIC-7110 SCSI controller built
43in the Iomega ZIP drive.
44But it should also work with the Iomega Jaz Traveller
45parallel to SCSI interface.
46.Pp
47The driver has been extended to the ZIP+ drive which is based on the
48Iomega Matchmaker Parallel to SCSI interface.
49.Sh USAGE
50The driver should let you use a printer connected to the drive while
51transferring data.
52.Pp
53DOS,
54.Dx
55or
56.Fx
57filesystems are supported.
58When mounting a DOS filesystem or
59formatting a
60.Dx
61or
62.Fx
63filesystem, check the slice of the disk with the
64.Xr fdisk 8
65utility.
66.Pp
67In order to unixify a ZIP disk, put the following in /etc/disktab:
68.Bd -literal
69zip|zip 100:\\
70        :ty=removable:se#512:nc#96:nt#64:ns#32:\\
71        :pa#196608:oa#0:ba#4096:fa#512:\\
72        :pb#196608:ob#0:bb#4096:fb#512:\\
73        :pc#196608:oc#0:bc#4096:fc#512:
74.Ed
75.Pp
76and use
77.Xr disklabel 8 .
78.Pp
79If you have trouble with your driver, your parallel chipset may not run
80properly at the detected mode (NIBBLE, PS2 or EPP). Tune the
81.Xr ppc 4
82bootflags to force other modes.
83.Sh SEE ALSO
84.Xr da 4 ,
85.Xr lpt 4 ,
86.Xr ppbus 4 ,
87.Xr ppc 4 ,
88.Xr scsi 4
89.Sh HISTORY
90The
91.Nm
92manual page first appeared in
93.Fx 3.0 .
94.Sh AUTHORS
95This
96manual page was written by
97.An Nicolas Souchu .
98.Sh BUGS
99During boot, the driver first tries to detect a classic ZIP, then a ZIP+.
100The ZIP+ detection is intrusive and may send erroneous characters to your
101printer if the drive is not connected to your parallel port.
102