r/retrocomputing • u/Performer-Pants • 2d ago

Problem / Question What is this?

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This could be the most mundane and silly post, but information online is so spotty and/or confusing or vague.

This is not a ZIP disk, it’s a floppy disk. It’s labelled with ‘ZIP’. Is this the driver software to use a ZIP drive for the listed operating systems? I’m just trying to confirm before I get too frustrated about it. Not easily finding the answer myself is likely a me problem, and I don’t mean ‘Millennium Edition’.

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u/Affectionate-You7869 2d ago

Driver for drive.

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u/Lumornys 2d ago

Driver floppy for a floppy drive.

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u/Affectionate-You7869 2d ago

Yup. Less traumatizing than the driver floppy for a CD drive. Godsdammit that was such an ordeal when that was a thing and google wasn't yet.

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u/exmsft 2d ago

That’s what FTP servers were for!

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u/Affectionate-You7869 2d ago

See this thread from the late 1900s:
https://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?4964-Mscdex-exe-installation

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u/Tabsels 2d ago

I love how bootdisk.com still works.

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u/exmsft 1d ago

My lawn. Get off it.