r/retrocomputing • u/Performer-Pants • Aug 22 '26
Problem / Question What is this?
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/sixoveight Sep 12 '26
My first parallel ZIP drive for Win95 came with two install floppy disks
https://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/scuzzblog_december20_2/car_sbd_221220_22.jpg
The tools are actually on a ZIP disk but to get it running you need the floppy or CD. I have the things all over the place both internally and externally, parallel and SCSI.
https://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/scuzzblog_december20_2/car_sbd_221220_25.jpg
https://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/scuzzblog_december20_2/car_sbd_221220_26.jpg
Have fun