Delta SierraMy neighbor came through, and now I have my very own Zip drive!
Can't wait to start saving up to 100MB of data at a time. This feels like the future.
Interfacing LinuxFireZip 250: The Zip Drive Iomega Wouldn’t Make
Now, I’m not exactly what you would call a retro hardware enthusiast, but even I knew Iomega never made a FireWire ZIP drive.
https://interfacinglinux.com/2026/03/02/firezip-250-the-zip-drive-iomega-wouldnt-make/ #FIREWIRE #iomega #Linux #zip250
MacintoshGarden FeedIomega Tools 5.0.3
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/iomega-tools-503
Contains the following: Iomega Driver, Iomega Guest, Tools, Iomega Driver Options control panel, manuals, help file
Thorsted
HabrДорого, красиво, прогрессивно — история краха Iomega Zip
На дворе 1995 год. Ваш цифровой мир зажат в тисках трехдюймовых дискет, которые вмещают смешные по нынешним меркам 1,44 МБ. Передать документы или программы — целая история, порой требующая целой стопки дисков. И тут на сцене появляется Iomega Zip с ее фантастическими 100 МБ!
G3rn0ti
Kevin Karhan 
Maybe @ActionRetro dares to build the #iomega #TowerOfPower and see how many drives he can daisy-chain on parallel port... ^
Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image I wished @[email protected] made a #playlist with his #BackgroundMusic and called it something like: *"#SmoothJazz to think about #ObsoleteMedia and restore #VintageComputers to"* [or something...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=211-eHVkqeo&t=635s) Also besides #Zip & #Jaz, #iomega also had a [QIC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter-inch_cartridge) #TapeDrive [called]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditto_(drive)) #ditto which also had the same case design like the former, but in a [bordeaux-coloured plastic case in the external, parallel port version...](https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/iomega_drives_pt2.php) I have one laying around, somewhere... #Tape #Backup #Drive #QIC #QuarterInchCartridge
I wished @thisdoesnotcomp made a #playlist with his #BackgroundMusic and called it something like: "#SmoothJazz to think about #ObsoleteMedia and restore #VintageComputers to" or something...
Also besides #Zip & #Jaz, #iomega also had a QIC #TapeDrive called #ditto which also had the same case design like the former, but in a bordeaux-coloured plastic case in the external, parallel port version...
I have one laying around, somewhere...
HP van BraamThe #iomega #jaz format truly has the best failure mode of any storage medium: it appears that even on a pretty messed up disk WRITES pretty much always succeed (at least, according to the drive)
READS however, are a different story...
Iomega: because it's your stuff™
@glitzersachen @Yuki propblem is that AFAIK all #LTO drive mechanisms are made exclusively by #IBM and at a pretty premium.
- Compared to the masses of consumer ODDs, #TapeDrives have been on a steady decline since the proprietary destandardization of #QIC #TapeDrives & -media in the early 90s.
