[Sussex] Are Zip drives still available?

David Chapman dokterdave at ntlworld.com
Fri Oct 20 08:43:45 UTC 2006


On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:35:06 +0100
"Fay Zee" <fay.linux at googlemail.com> wrote:

> I went to www.iomega.com to look for a 750MB Zip drive and in the end
> had to resort to searching their site via Google to find the page. But
> I wasn't convinced they were still pushing it. However, I found boxes
> of the Zip media easily enough.
> 
> A search on www.pcworld.co.uk brings up two results, neither of which
> is the Iomega Zip.
> 
> I liked my 200MB zip drive - so easy to use and easily rewritable,
> like a floppy. IMO easier than CDs. Anyone know where I can still get
> one in the UK?
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I have a USB 250Mb drive you can have.
It's the one with a scsi port so you still have to use a PSU (supplied)
unlike the usb bus powered version.

I won't be able to make it to the moot but can give it to John D if
he's going.

Dave




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