Exactly, you were uncool if you had one and double plus uncool if you didn't.
ZIP drives?
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Exactly, you were uncool if you had one and double plus uncool if you didn't.
I can't imagine that anyone still uses one.
It was most about securing storage to be able to transfer it to another machine years ago... Usb flashdrives are also a good Idea.. But if you are backing up many gigs of data online secure backup might be a better Idea... Some usb drives tend to get bad sectors in them which renders them useless
QUOTE=DBlair;3563787]Perhaps zip drives are the next great fashion accessory from yesteryear? lol[/QUOTE]
QUOTE=DBlair;3563787]Perhaps zip drives are the next great fashion accessory from yesteryear? lol[/QUOTE]
Zip drives? I keep mine in my shed, the one shingled with floppy disks.
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Haha, just got a couple that someone gave me for free, they are still selling them on Amazon for $100, I was just curious.
Hey, I've got a Commodore 64 floppy drive which I am going to stick on the bay when I get time. Keep the Zips for long enough, they will probably become collectable. Not quite yet, though.
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Yeah right, I wish I still had my Tandy Color Computer II, total classic with tape drive and dial up modem, I was on the web before it was the web!
Yup... Fidonet, UUCP, Compuserve....
I ran Colossus Galactica Fidonet 1:103/307, then after I moved I became 1:103/704
I think I might still have a copy of OS/2 Warp, if you need drivers to read. 
But seriously unless you have old archives to recover I would not bother. But goes to show how quickly a long term storage format can become obsolete.
But seriously unless you have old archives to recover I would not bother. But goes to show how quickly a long term storage format can become obsolete.
Yikes.I think I might still have a copy of OS/2 Warp, if you need drivers to read.
My boss considered it when our server crashed.
He decided against it when I told him it wouldn't support Arcnet and he let me reinstall Netware.
BTW: I was a DOS guy and couldn't figure out why CNTs and CNEs got paid so much... I spent 2 hours scanning the manual and did the ground-up installation on my own.
We had to call Novelle because there was one print driver that we needed that was lost in the crash.
$400 for the guy to bring a floppy to our office and install it.
I never got into Zip drives when they were popular. I just kept using the tape drive until writeable CDs came along.
Ah, ZIP drives. Do you remember the "Click of Death"? 
I haven't bought an Iomega product since.
I haven't bought an Iomega product since.
Haven't used a ZIP in years, I have a 16Gb thumbdrive, but with 32Gb in my phone, I just Bluetooth back and forth, don't even have to plug anything in.
Got there before I did....the sound of Satan peeing in your Post Toasties.
Ah, ZIP drives. Do you remember the "Click of Death"?
I haven't bought an Iomega product since.
My old computer still has a zip drive, and the computer still boots and is "usable" in a marginal sense that a dual Pentium pro 200mhz would have...no I have not checked if the drive still works, and no I am not aware of where any disks for it are.
Not quite sure why I still am holding onto the old beast of a machine...really.
Phil
Not quite sure why I still am holding onto the old beast of a machine...really.
Phil
I would love to see that! My Dad gave the zip discs a try when they were popular. I remember each of our computers having the applicable cables so we could share it. I had one disc with essays/homework on it. I also got to use a university computer lab in highschool that was set up with a Jazz and Zip drive for each pc in the computer lab. Whoa, high tech! Who knows, maybe they will have a resurgence in the same way old Nintendo carts are popular again...- Thread starter
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They are on amazon for $100 right now, I guess somebody is using them?
I think I sold mine on eBay a few years ago.
I was not expecting much for it and my expectations came true!
I was not expecting much for it and my expectations came true!
thats old.
Some servers still back up on ZIPs and upgrading a server rack costs a lot more than a few ZIP drives
