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MiniDisk and ZIP drives where pretty cool. It was like a regular disk, but with >100x capacity and writable. Sad that their creators failed to commercalize th
by k__ 5y ago
MiniDisk and ZIP drives where pretty cool.
It was like a regular disk, but with >100x capacity and writable.
Sad that their creators failed to commercalize them right.
- D13Fd 5y agoZIP was fairly successful until writable CDs came along. The biggest problem was the click of death. I remember collecting multiple drives in the late 1990’s trying to find one that didn’t have that issue. I guess they could have done a more open standard, but I’m not sure it would have helped them. I recall Superdisk was a slightly more open standard around the same time (maybe a little later) and it went no where.
- k__ 5y agoI fondly remember a friend of mine having an external ZIP drive, he carried around with a bag of disks. You could hook it up to any PC. But, CD burners got cheaper quickly and soon we wouldn't use it anymore.
- danieldk 5y agoI loved my ZIP drive. At home, we had a flaky 56k6 connection. Since my dad worked at the university where he had a 100MBit connection, I would sometimes tag along with him, bring a stack of ZIP disks, and download a Linux distribution and a bunch of other new stuff. Put this on a Zip disk, send it to your lawyer File me under "Funky" - Beastie Boys
- Svperstar 5y agoI got a ZIP drive like a year before I got a CD burner so it didn't have a very long lifespan. I wish I still had it so I could hook it up and see what I put on the discs.
- mattkevan 5y agoStill got a stack of Zip disks somewhere, full of Uni coursework and old design projects. The drive, in translucent plastic (to match the iMac), died long ago. Back in the day, 100mb was a breathtakingly large amount of storage - more than 80 floppy disks!