Zip Disks and Powerbooks

[Tarrant64]

Hey guys!
Quick question. can external zip disk drives be used with Powerbooks? A friend of mine has one and she needs to access files from a zip disk, and I am wondering whether she can even connect the two together. Firewire? USB? Software needed?

Thanks!

 

[KeithP]

An external USB Zip drive should work fine. I haven't used one under OS X but I don't believe any special software is needed. I used to have one that I swapped between a XP machine and a Mac running OS 9 and it worked without a hitch.

-KeithP

 

[omissible]

Used to use an Iomega USB-powered Zip drive on my old iBook. Just plug it in, it'll work fine.