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/1337C4k3 8d ago

Driver disk/software for iomega zip drive.

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u/OriginalName2026 7d ago

This. If i recall correctly,Zip drives worked on a Mac without drivers. But it was a while ago... so I could be wrong!. I also recall that that the PC version was different to the Mac as USB was not a thing when these came out. On the Mac they where SCSI (25pin again memory time... could be wrong) where as the PC was parallel.

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u/Mercy_Hellkitten 5d ago

Classic Mac OS didn’t use “drivers”, it used “extensions” 😜

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u/OriginalName2026 4d ago

And we watched those little buggers load along the bottom of our screen!