Iomega Zip Drive 250 Parallel

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This Zip drive is a later version of the 100Mb Zip drive with capacity increased to 250Mb.

It connects to a PC compatible computer via the parallel printer port and includes software to make it accessible from Windows XP.

The format became the most popular of the super-floppy type products which filled a niche in the late 1990s portable storage market. However it was never popular enough to replace the 3.5-inch floppy disk nor could ever match the storage size available on rewritable CDs and later rewritable DVDs. USB flash drives ultimately proved to be the better rewritable storage medium among the general public due to the near ubiquity of USB ports on personal computers and soon after because of the far greater storage sizes offered. Zip drives fell out of favor for mass portable storage during the early 2000s. The Zip brand later covered internal and external CD writers known as Zip-650 or Zip-CD, which had no relation to the Zip drive.

Date : 2001

Manufacturer : Iomega

Physical Description : Cardboard box Cardboard tray and lid Cable Zip drive Power supply (In 2 parts) Iomega zip drive W95 on 3.5 inch disk

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH37832. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.
 

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