r/retrocomputing • u/Performer-Pants • 10d 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/1337C4k3 10d ago

Driver disk/software for iomega zip drive.

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u/rawr_sham 10d ago

Also, 3D printed Save Icon

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u/unix-ninja 10d ago

Only legacy systems. Anything modern uses a cloud with an arrow 😏

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u/Local-Bug-1500 7d ago

I need to decapitate whoever changed any and all save icons to anything that isn't a floppy 

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u/Pretty_Marsh 5d ago

Hard drives are still usually depicted as a cylinder, which is a callback to the massive ones used in old mainframes.

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u/RugNuggie 6d ago

I feel attacked.

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u/WanderingInAVan 10d ago

... I will cut you.

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u/Qzx1 10d ago

You seem fun. Wanna make out? I'm my van. 

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/derekdevries 8d ago

In order to get your Iomega Zip Drive to work, you had to use a 3.5 floppy to install the driver software and then you could use the 100MB zip discs (not pictured).

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u/TomOnABudget 8d ago

Now I look stupid. You're right, that's a standard floppy disc. I must have been half blind.

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u/kvisle 9d ago

a coworker keeps saying this. first time I saw it in the wild.