> 1.How do i communicate with a ZIP drive (VST) mounted in the
> expantion bay of the powerbook? Any idea?
Not sure what you mean by 'communicate', but this is what works to mount a
partition on my VST zip (1999 G3 powerbook)
mount /dev/hdc<n> /zip (n=1 for DOS zips, n=4 for HFS ones)
If hdc isn't correct, see the boot messages ('dmesg') for mention of the
ZIP as IDE floppy or removable disk.
Michael