23.001 What is a "Zip drive"?
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This article is from the Apple II Csa2 FAQ, by Jeff Hurlburt with numerous contributions by others.
23.001 What is a "Zip drive"?
Zip Q&A 001-008 info mainly from the 1996 II Alive review by Eric Dietrich
The typical Zip drive is a 100MB removable media system. Cobalt blue in
color, the popular external drive is compact and light-- about the same size as
the newer external modems. The 100s "SCSI Zip" connects to the any computer
with a SCSI port including the Apple IIgs or IIe equipped with a SCSI interface
card.
The Zip drive is made by Iomega. Price for the 100MB external model is
around $130. This includes the drive, cable, information sheets, one disk with
"Zip Tools", and a 3.5" installation diskette. (The material on the zip disk is
PC/Mac compatible and the diskette is for MS-DOS. This stuff will come in handy
should you wish to be able to use your Zip drive on a PC with a SCSI port or on
a Mac. None of the software is required for using the Zip Drive on an Apple
II.)
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By: David Wilson
Below is updated information on available Zip Drive models:
100MB Zip Drive models now include ...
External- parallel, SCSI, "Plus" (SCSI/parallel), usb
Internal- SCSI, IDE, and three ATAPI drives
250MB Zip Drive models include ...
External- parallel, SCSI, usb
Internal- ATAPI
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