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Iomega Zip drive
Any body want one? I have a good Iomega zip drive, three 100 MB disks, free
to a good home! Either that or the land fill gets 'em!
--
PoorUB
'05 Ultra Classic
Any body want one? I have a good Iomega zip drive, three 100 MB disks, free
to a good home! Either that or the land fill gets 'em!
--
PoorUB
'05 Ultra Classic
Re: Iomega Zip drive
RE your posting:
<< Any body want one? I have a good Iomega zip drive, three
100 MB disks, free to a good home! Either that or the land
fill gets 'em! >>
Is the ZIP a "USB" drive?
I could use one of those!
- John
RE your posting:
<< Any body want one? I have a good Iomega zip drive, three
100 MB disks, free to a good home! Either that or the land
fill gets 'em! >>
Is the ZIP a "USB" drive?
I could use one of those!
- John
Re: Iomega Zip drive
"John Albert" <j.albert@snet . net > wrote in message
news:DX9Tj.13529$V14.1919@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc . com ...
> RE your posting:
> << Any body want one? I have a good Iomega zip drive, three 100 MB disks,
> free to a good home! Either that or the land fill gets 'em! >>
>
> Is the ZIP a "USB" drive?
> I could use one of those!
>
> - John
'most' of these drives were parallel interfaced, swhich means you plug it
into the printer port.. xp doesnt like them so well. if it does happen to
be usb, that would be better.. but 100mb these days just isnt very much..
especially when 1 gb sd cards are like $10 these days, and are much faster
to read/write..
zip drives were great in there day, sorta obsolete now.. but i guess, if
you dont need to back up much, it could be ok..
jasper
"John Albert" <j.albert@snet . net > wrote in message
news:DX9Tj.13529$V14.1919@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc . com ...
> RE your posting:
> << Any body want one? I have a good Iomega zip drive, three 100 MB disks,
> free to a good home! Either that or the land fill gets 'em! >>
>
> Is the ZIP a "USB" drive?
> I could use one of those!
>
> - John
'most' of these drives were parallel interfaced, swhich means you plug it
into the printer port.. xp doesnt like them so well. if it does happen to
be usb, that would be better.. but 100mb these days just isnt very much..
especially when 1 gb sd cards are like $10 these days, and are much faster
to read/write..
zip drives were great in there day, sorta obsolete now.. but i guess, if
you dont need to back up much, it could be ok..
jasper
Re: Iomega Zip drive
In article <481e54cf$0$87076$815e3792@news.qwest . net >,
"jasper" <jasperpso@qnospamwestoffice . net > wrote:
> zip drives were great in there day, sorta obsolete now.. but i guess, if
> you dont need to back up much, it could be ok..
Except for the "click of death"
--
Ryder Rick
In article <481e54cf$0$87076$815e3792@news.qwest . net >,
"jasper" <jasperpso@qnospamwestoffice . net > wrote:
> zip drives were great in there day, sorta obsolete now.. but i guess, if
> you dont need to back up much, it could be ok..
Except for the "click of death"
--
Ryder Rick
Re: Iomega Zip drive
>> zip drives were great in there day, sorta obsolete now.. but i guess, if
>> you dont need to back up much, it could be ok..
>
> Except for the "click of death"
>
> --
> Ryder Rick
ok i gotta know, what is the "clcik of death"?? i am guessing you mean it
was loud? yeah it was essentially a big floppie disk, and they werent
terribly quiet.. but for their time, they were real handy.. i had a notebook
without a cdrom back in the mid 90's.. it was using win 3.1,and it took 30
some 3 1/2 in floppy discs to install win95... i wrote a bootable image of
win95 to a zip drive and loaded it on that notebook.. that alone was worth
the price.. but back then 100mb was allot.. i loved that thing.. but 100mb
today? and the write speed doesnt even come close to a solid state usb
drive or mem card.. not to mention a 1000mb sd cards are like $10.. 1 zip
disk costs $10..can you still buy em? usb drives are cheap too. the zip
drive is gone, but not forgotten.. lol
jasper
>> zip drives were great in there day, sorta obsolete now.. but i guess, if
>> you dont need to back up much, it could be ok..
>
> Except for the "click of death"
>
> --
> Ryder Rick
ok i gotta know, what is the "clcik of death"?? i am guessing you mean it
was loud? yeah it was essentially a big floppie disk, and they werent
terribly quiet.. but for their time, they were real handy.. i had a notebook
without a cdrom back in the mid 90's.. it was using win 3.1,and it took 30
some 3 1/2 in floppy discs to install win95... i wrote a bootable image of
win95 to a zip drive and loaded it on that notebook.. that alone was worth
the price.. but back then 100mb was allot.. i loved that thing.. but 100mb
today? and the write speed doesnt even come close to a solid state usb
drive or mem card.. not to mention a 1000mb sd cards are like $10.. 1 zip
disk costs $10..can you still buy em? usb drives are cheap too. the zip
drive is gone, but not forgotten.. lol
jasper
Re: Iomega Zip drive
"jasper" <jasperpso@qnospamwestoffice . net > wrote in message
news:481e63d0$0$89864$815e3792@news.qwest . net ...
>>> zip drives were great in there day, sorta obsolete now..
>>> but i guess, if
>>> you dont need to back up much, it could be ok..
>>
>> Except for the "click of death"
>>
>> --
>> Ryder Rick
>
> ok i gotta know, what is the "clcik of death"??
---snip some---
* w w w .grc . com /tip/codfaq1.htm
have a couple rounds on me, ok
--
'Key
=====
"jasper" <jasperpso@qnospamwestoffice . net > wrote in message
news:481e63d0$0$89864$815e3792@news.qwest . net ...
>>> zip drives were great in there day, sorta obsolete now..
>>> but i guess, if
>>> you dont need to back up much, it could be ok..
>>
>> Except for the "click of death"
>>
>> --
>> Ryder Rick
>
> ok i gotta know, what is the "clcik of death"??
---snip some---
* w w w .grc . com /tip/codfaq1.htm
have a couple rounds on me, ok
--
'Key
=====
Re: Iomega Zip drive
>
> * w w w .grc . com /tip/codfaq1.htm
>
> have a couple rounds on me, ok
> --
> 'Key
> =====
cant believe i missed that.. i used mine for a couple years, i bought it in
about 1995 or 96.. worked great.. when i got a cd recorder, just didnt need
it anymore, andi believe i threw it out when i found it in a drawer a couple
years ago..
jasper
>
> * w w w .grc . com /tip/codfaq1.htm
>
> have a couple rounds on me, ok
> --
> 'Key
> =====
cant believe i missed that.. i used mine for a couple years, i bought it in
about 1995 or 96.. worked great.. when i got a cd recorder, just didnt need
it anymore, andi believe i threw it out when i found it in a drawer a couple
years ago..
jasper
Re: Iomega Zip drive
"jasper" <jasperpso@qnospamwestoffice . net > wrote in message
news:481f88ae$0$87073$815e3792@news.qwest . net ...
> >
>> * w w w .grc . com /tip/codfaq1.htm
>>
>> have a couple rounds on me, ok
>> --
>> 'Key
>> =====
>
>
>
> cant believe i missed that.. i used mine for a couple
> years, i bought it in about 1995 or 96.. worked great..
> when i got a cd recorder, just didnt need it anymore, andi
> believe i threw it out when i found it in a drawer a
> couple years ago..
>
> jasper
stopped using mine for the same reason,
but for some reason, I still have it stored away.
have another round, ok
--
'Key
=====
"jasper" <jasperpso@qnospamwestoffice . net > wrote in message
news:481f88ae$0$87073$815e3792@news.qwest . net ...
> >
>> * w w w .grc . com /tip/codfaq1.htm
>>
>> have a couple rounds on me, ok
>> --
>> 'Key
>> =====
>
>
>
> cant believe i missed that.. i used mine for a couple
> years, i bought it in about 1995 or 96.. worked great..
> when i got a cd recorder, just didnt need it anymore, andi
> believe i threw it out when i found it in a drawer a
> couple years ago..
>
> jasper
stopped using mine for the same reason,
but for some reason, I still have it stored away.
have another round, ok
--
'Key
=====
Re: Iomega Zip drive
jasper wrote:
>>> zip drives were great in there day, sorta obsolete now.. but i
>>> guess, if
>>> you dont need to back up much, it could be ok..
>>
>> Except for the "click of death"
>>
>> --
>> Ryder Rick
>
> ok i gotta know, what is the "clcik of death"??
Every Iomega drive I ever had suffered from the click of death. Iomega
even acknowledged the term. You've got your 100MB disk full of data, you
slide it in to work with it, and the disk doesn't get read properly. The
head (IIRC) would swing back and forth over the disk a couple of times
(making a clicking sound), and POOF. All your data was now inaccessible.
That expensive disk was now a coaster, and nothing would bring it back.
Here's a couple of links (out of many, Google "Iomega Click of Death"
* w w w .geocities . com /iomegano/
* w w w .news . com /Click-of-death-strikes-Iomega/2100-1001 3-207628.html
USe at your own risk. There are much safer products. For the cost of
shipping this sucker you can pick up a 1-gig USb drive.
Fins BS#221
jasper wrote:
>>> zip drives were great in there day, sorta obsolete now.. but i
>>> guess, if
>>> you dont need to back up much, it could be ok..
>>
>> Except for the "click of death"
>>
>> --
>> Ryder Rick
>
> ok i gotta know, what is the "clcik of death"??
Every Iomega drive I ever had suffered from the click of death. Iomega
even acknowledged the term. You've got your 100MB disk full of data, you
slide it in to work with it, and the disk doesn't get read properly. The
head (IIRC) would swing back and forth over the disk a couple of times
(making a clicking sound), and POOF. All your data was now inaccessible.
That expensive disk was now a coaster, and nothing would bring it back.
Here's a couple of links (out of many, Google "Iomega Click of Death"
* w w w .geocities . com /iomegano/
* w w w .news . com /Click-of-death-strikes-Iomega/2100-1001 3-207628.html
USe at your own risk. There are much safer products. For the cost of
shipping this sucker you can pick up a 1-gig USb drive.
Fins BS#221
Re: Iomega Zip drive
In article <despaminator-DB6682.17522404052008@news.verizon . net >,
Rick Begeman <despaminator@yahoo . com > wrote:
> Except for the "click of death"
Ironically, they came out with a smaller 'clik!' drive about a month
before that hit.....
In article <despaminator-DB6682.17522404052008@news.verizon . net >,
Rick Begeman <despaminator@yahoo . com > wrote:
> Except for the "click of death"
Ironically, they came out with a smaller 'clik!' drive about a month
before that hit.....
Re: Iomega Zip drive
Nope! Good old fashioned parallel port!
Pretty much a door stop as far as I am concerned!
You have first dibs on it, so do you want it? Or Snag jumped on it too.
--
PoorUB
'05 Ultra Classic
"John Albert" <j.albert@snet . net > wrote in message
news:DX9Tj.13529$V14.1919@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc . com ...
> RE your posting:
> << Any body want one? I have a good Iomega zip drive, three 100 MB disks,
> free to a good home! Either that or the land fill gets 'em! >>
>
> Is the ZIP a "USB" drive?
> I could use one of those!
>
> - John
Nope! Good old fashioned parallel port!
Pretty much a door stop as far as I am concerned!
You have first dibs on it, so do you want it? Or Snag jumped on it too.
--
PoorUB
'05 Ultra Classic
"John Albert" <j.albert@snet . net > wrote in message
news:DX9Tj.13529$V14.1919@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc . com ...
> RE your posting:
> << Any body want one? I have a good Iomega zip drive, three 100 MB disks,
> free to a good home! Either that or the land fill gets 'em! >>
>
> Is the ZIP a "USB" drive?
> I could use one of those!
>
> - John
Re: Iomega Zip drive
Greg O wrote:
> Nope! Good old fashioned parallel port!
> Pretty much a door stop as far as I am concerned!
> You have first dibs on it, so do you want it? Or Snag jumped on it
> too.
>> RE your posting:
>> << Any body want one? I have a good Iomega zip drive, three 100 MB
>> disks, free to a good home! Either that or the land fill gets 'em!
>> >>
>>
>> Is the ZIP a "USB" drive?
>> I could use one of those!
>>
>> - John
Let him have it ... with what we got here at the house now it's a doorstop
for me too . I been busy ...
Built recently :
ASUS M2A-VM/AMD 2Ghz dual core/2gig RAM/500Gb storage - our media/print
server here at the house .
ASUS M2A-VM/AMD 2.3 Ghz dual core/2G RAM/250 Gb storage - my desktop , I
have a cheap 4.1 sound system hooked to this one . This motherboard rocks
for a low cost unit - excellent onboard video and audio . Both builds are
running XP-Pro .
Bought :
Acer/Intel 1.6ghz dual core/2 Gb RAM/250 Gb storage - Mama's computer ,
running Vista Home Premium (yeccch) .
I have also resurrected my old HP (1.1ghz/512mb/70Gb/Xp Home - Ubuntu 8-04
dual boot) , which (I thought ...) died and precipitated this frenzy .
Thought I had lost over six years worth of photos - grandkids , bikes ,
PigPen projects , all of it . That stuff is archived on all three of the new
comps now... and will soon also be saved on a DVD disc or three .
My two kids that live at home also have three comps between them , a
couple of laptops and my son's gaming comp . And we gots network cables
runnin' all over the house . Welcome to the new century ... whodathunk forty
years ago that my stereo would be a computer ?
Shirley a toast to computer geeks everywhere is in order !
--
Snag
'90 Ultra "Strider"
'39 WLDD "Popcycle"
Buncha cars and a truck
Greg O wrote:
> Nope! Good old fashioned parallel port!
> Pretty much a door stop as far as I am concerned!
> You have first dibs on it, so do you want it? Or Snag jumped on it
> too.
>> RE your posting:
>> << Any body want one? I have a good Iomega zip drive, three 100 MB
>> disks, free to a good home! Either that or the land fill gets 'em!
>> >>
>>
>> Is the ZIP a "USB" drive?
>> I could use one of those!
>>
>> - John
Let him have it ... with what we got here at the house now it's a doorstop
for me too . I been busy ...
Built recently :
ASUS M2A-VM/AMD 2Ghz dual core/2gig RAM/500Gb storage - our media/print
server here at the house .
ASUS M2A-VM/AMD 2.3 Ghz dual core/2G RAM/250 Gb storage - my desktop , I
have a cheap 4.1 sound system hooked to this one . This motherboard rocks
for a low cost unit - excellent onboard video and audio . Both builds are
running XP-Pro .
Bought :
Acer/Intel 1.6ghz dual core/2 Gb RAM/250 Gb storage - Mama's computer ,
running Vista Home Premium (yeccch) .
I have also resurrected my old HP (1.1ghz/512mb/70Gb/Xp Home - Ubuntu 8-04
dual boot) , which (I thought ...) died and precipitated this frenzy .
Thought I had lost over six years worth of photos - grandkids , bikes ,
PigPen projects , all of it . That stuff is archived on all three of the new
comps now... and will soon also be saved on a DVD disc or three .
My two kids that live at home also have three comps between them , a
couple of laptops and my son's gaming comp . And we gots network cables
runnin' all over the house . Welcome to the new century ... whodathunk forty
years ago that my stereo would be a computer ?
Shirley a toast to computer geeks everywhere is in order !
--
Snag
'90 Ultra "Strider"
'39 WLDD "Popcycle"
Buncha cars and a truck
Re: Iomega Zip drive
Greg wrote:
<< Nope! Good old fashioned parallel port!
Pretty much a door stop as far as I am concerned!
You have first dibs on it, so do you want it? >>
On a Mac here, the parallel port version is no good. So pass
it on to the next fellow.
I could use a USB version of the 100mb ZIP drive, if
anyone has one they no longer need....
- John
Greg wrote:
<< Nope! Good old fashioned parallel port!
Pretty much a door stop as far as I am concerned!
You have first dibs on it, so do you want it? >>
On a Mac here, the parallel port version is no good. So pass
it on to the next fellow.
I could use a USB version of the 100mb ZIP drive, if
anyone has one they no longer need....
- John
Re: Iomega Zip drive
It is a parallel port connection. pretty much a door stop! Do you still want
it?
--
PoorUB
'05 Ultra Classic
"John Albert" <j.albert@snet . net > wrote in message
news:DX9Tj.13529$V14.1919@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc . com ...
> RE your posting:
> << Any body want one? I have a good Iomega zip drive, three 100 MB disks,
> free to a good home! Either that or the land fill gets 'em! >>
>
> Is the ZIP a "USB" drive?
> I could use one of those!
>
> - John
It is a parallel port connection. pretty much a door stop! Do you still want
it?
--
PoorUB
'05 Ultra Classic
"John Albert" <j.albert@snet . net > wrote in message
news:DX9Tj.13529$V14.1919@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc . com ...
> RE your posting:
> << Any body want one? I have a good Iomega zip drive, three 100 MB disks,
> free to a good home! Either that or the land fill gets 'em! >>
>
> Is the ZIP a "USB" drive?
> I could use one of those!
>
> - John
Re: Iomega Zip drive
Greg O wrote:
> Any body want one? I have a good Iomega zip drive, three 100 MB
> disks, free to a good home! Either that or the land fill gets 'em!
Send 'er my way . I seem to have become a computer geek , can't hurt to
have some removable media for back-ups . I thought I had lost six years
worth of photo's when the HP crashed , I never want to feel that way again .
We now have four computers networked in the house, not counting the three
that belong to my kids . Helps prevent fights between the grandkids - well
mostly , none of 'em want to use "the dinosaur" (1.1ghz single core , 512
ram) .
--
Snag
'90 Ultra "Strider"
'39 WLDD "Popcycle"
Buncha cars and a truck
Greg O wrote:
> Any body want one? I have a good Iomega zip drive, three 100 MB
> disks, free to a good home! Either that or the land fill gets 'em!
Send 'er my way . I seem to have become a computer geek , can't hurt to
have some removable media for back-ups . I thought I had lost six years
worth of photo's when the HP crashed , I never want to feel that way again .
We now have four computers networked in the house, not counting the three
that belong to my kids . Helps prevent fights between the grandkids - well
mostly , none of 'em want to use "the dinosaur" (1.1ghz single core , 512
ram) .
--
Snag
'90 Ultra "Strider"
'39 WLDD "Popcycle"
Buncha cars and a truck
