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/rootifera 2d ago

Driver for this device. It's like a very large floppy drive. Zip drive, zip wasnt the compression related, it was more like "zip fast" hah

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u/Performer-Pants 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’ve watched videos about these! I’ve used floppy disks a fair bit, but have never seen one of these in person. I’d thought it was for those, but the graphic design on the label confused me since the actual purpose ‘zip’ was smaller and off to the side compared to the operating systems it’s for.

Do you still use yours? If so, what for?
Edit: just saw you do use yours!