Gotta say, while they were cool, Zip Drives were my least favorite of all the drives. Portability was ace, but they always felt more wonky than I’d like, and not something I had super high confidence in.
But still, the 90s were awesome.
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/04/19/0222227/remembering-zip-drives---the-trendy-storage-technology-of-the-1990s
Anthony Baker
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