alt Hacker Newsbut do you remember ZIP-drives? :-) (was that the name?)
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entangledqubit • yesterday at 5:27 PM
Yes. Along with the feared click of death.
ErroneousBosh • yesterday at 6:34 PM
I have a bunch of them, some SCSI ones in old samplers.
but do you remember ZIP-drives? :-) (was that the name?)
Yes. Along with the feared click of death.
I have a bunch of them, some SCSI ones in old samplers.
Yes! Superfloppy!
Iomega's awesome Zip drive disk (100MB, 250MB, 750MB capacities) , I think I still have a 250MB zip drive somewhere in my home attic.
They required a dedicated zip drive (took up same sized slot/bay as a floppy disk drive), but (if I recall right) that drive was backward compatible standard 3&1⁄2-inch 1.44MB floppy disks.
Interestingly, these drive also came in variants to work with different types of interfaces: IDE, ATAPI, USB, SCSI, FireWire.
Zip drives filled the portable storage niche, until CDs and DVDs replaced their need.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive
I found it cool that floppies and superfloppies had label stickers on which we can write (with a sketch pen) to remind the user of what content the disk is intended for.
There were some nice cameras that used Zip disks for storage! Very convenient for photographers working on multiple projects or sessions.
https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/prototypes-rarities/it...