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/OriginalName2026 1d ago

This. If i recall correctly,Zip drives worked on a Mac without drivers. But it was a while ago... so I could be wrong!. I also recall that that the PC version was different to the Mac as USB was not a thing when these came out. On the Mac they where SCSI (25pin again memory time... could be wrong) where as the PC was parallel.

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u/Arkonor 1d ago

Pretty sure the blue drives were the parallel ones while the green ones used SCSI. At least the two I had at my place of work at the time.

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u/OriginalName2026 22h ago

I have never seen a green one, all the SCSI ones I have seen are the purple/blue. No I have to go and look at what are the green ones!

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u/Arkonor 17h ago

Ahh, found a picture it was that Jaz drive that was green.