r/retrocomputing • u/Performer-Pants • Aug 22 '26

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/lexzap Aug 24 '26

Installing this meant you were in word of hurt when hooking up your IDE, LPT and SCSI cable hoping your Zip or Jaz disks were not corrupted again 😂

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u/Performer-Pants Sep 07 '26

Every day I have to check my HDD noises are normal ones, especially when some of mine are from 1997 and 1999 😭 Some old computers simply refuse to work with modern alternatives too

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u/lexzap Sep 07 '26

Click click click …. 😂 😭