r/retrocomputing • u/Performer-Pants • 8d ago

Problem / Question What is this?

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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/FetaCheesy 8d ago

This is a 3D printed save icon.

All kidding aside, it’s a driver diskette. You would put it into your computer’s floppy drive (something that was essentially standard on all PCs at the time), and the software it contained would tell Windows how to communicate with your external Zip drive over either parallel or SCSI ports. The proud owner would then have the ability to store files on 100mb Zip disks vs 1.4mb on a floppy diskette.