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 ====== X68000 - Using SCSI Zip/CD/MO Drives ======
-Install ''SUSIE.X'' to your floppy/hard drive:
+You're not just limited to the internal SCSI/SASI drive on the X68000. If you have cable for the external port (noting that some early models don't have a standard SCSI-1 connector..) you can connect to a range of relatively standard storage devices.
+Use of the various drives are limited to either accessing them in Human68k native filesystem format, or in basic FAT12/16. There are some add-on utilities to let you browse FAT32 drives, but these don't work with the standard cd/dir/copy/del commands. Stick to FAT16 to make it easier.
+First, you need to install ''SUSIE.X'' to your floppy/hard drive:
    * http://retropc.net/x68000/software/disk/scsi/susie/
    * {{:blog:x68k:susie.zip|}} (local copy)
-You need to know the SCSI ID of the device you want to use. In the case of my SCSI Zip Drive, it is SCSI ID 6.
+This tools scans the SCSI bus and maps non-SCSI HDD devices to drive letters.
+You need to know the SCSI ID of the device you want to use. In the case of my SCSI Zip Drive, it is SCSI ID 6:
+{{:blog:x68k:img20210329160622.jpg?400|}}
 Run ''SUSIE.X -ID6 Z:'', which scans for a device on SCSI ID 6 and maps it to drive Z:
-{{:blog:x68k:img20210329160622.jpg?200|}} {{:blog:x68k:img20210329160610.jpg?200|}}
+ {{:blog:x68k:img20210329160610.jpg?600|}}
+Easy, and much simpler than shuffling CF or SD cards in and out all of the time - also a method of backing up your data; I use a USB Zip drive on a modern PC to copy data to and from the X68000.