Have a Gator 2.0 Gb. GIG-IN-A-BOX this is by Gator Technology Corp.
I don't have any information on setting it up. Would like to use on my Compaq Presario 1065 notebook. I'm running win98. I think Gator is out of busness.

Per the site, http://www.sfu.ca/~mvolker/biz/brochure.htm, your drive could be either parallel or scsi interface. The easiest way to tell would be to look for a SCSI ID selector somewhere near the connector on the back. If you don't see it, then it is probably parallel interface, and you would need appropriate drivers (try using Iomega Parallel Zip Drive drivers). If you do see a selector switch, then it is probably SCSI, and you just need a scsi card to connect the drive to. Careful, not all SCSI devices have a selector switch, some use internal jumpers to change the SCSI ID numbers. Host Controllers are usually 0 or 7, and devices are 1-6, with hard drives typically being 1 or 2 (default bootable scsi id for bootable controllers).

To be sure, the best way to learn what you have on your hands is to take the case apart and look at the interface board (what you plug the cable into, and what plugs into the drive itself). If the board is basically connectors and ribbon cables, then you have a SCSI interface as there is not a need to translate the External SCSI signal to the internal scsi. On the other hand, if you see an interface board populated with integrated circuits, then you probably have a Parallel to IDE interface board, or a Parallel to SCSI interface board. A interface board is needed to change the parallel data into a format compatible with SCSI or IDE storage devices, and vice versa. Hopefully, you will have a straight scsi interface, without any need for any other drives other than those for teh host adapter.

If this does turn out to be a parallel interface device, I wouldn't bother trying to get it up and running. Your time and money would be much more well spent on other solutions such as an external CDR/W, USB Zip, etc. Parallel ports are excrutiatingly slow. If the drive turns out to be SCSI, and you have onboard SCSI (Probably not), or an existing SCSI PCMCIA Card, then it might be worth getting it to run (just need correct cable and/or adapters). But, if you don't have the PCMCIA Host controller yet, don't bother buying one. For the same $50, you can get an older USB CDR/W external drive that will be far more functional in the long run.