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href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BF_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Зип диск – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Зип диск" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_ure%C4%91aj" title="Zip uređaj – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Zip uređaj" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_Zip" title="Disc Zip – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Disc Zip" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_disk" title="ZIP disk – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="ZIP disk" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iomega_Zip" title="Iomega Zip – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Iomega Zip" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip-ajam" title="Zip-ajam – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Zip-ajam" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B1_Zip" title="Δισκέτα Zip – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δισκέτα Zip" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidad_Zip" title="Unidad Zip – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Unidad Zip" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disque_ZIP" title="Disque ZIP – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Disque ZIP" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidade_Zip" title="Unidade Zip – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Unidade Zip" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%91_%EB%93%9C%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EB%B8%8C" title="집 드라이브 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="집 드라이브" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive" title="Zip drive – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zip drive" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive" title="Zip drive – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Zip drive" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive" title="Zip drive – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Zip drive" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip-Lafwierk" title="Zip-Lafwierk – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Zip-Lafwierk" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive" title="Zip drive – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Zip drive" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipdisk" title="Zipdisk – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Zipdisk" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_(%E8%A8%98%E6%86%B6%E5%AA%92%E4%BD%93)" title="ZIP (記憶媒体) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ZIP (記憶媒体)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iomega_Zip" title="Iomega Zip – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Iomega Zip" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive" title="Zip drive – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Zip drive" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_mechanika" title="Zip mechanika – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Zip mechanika" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Removable floppy disk storage system</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/ZIP_(file_format)" title="ZIP (file format)">ZIP (file format)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Zip drive</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Iomega_ZIP.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="0.5px"><img alt="0.5px" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c0/Iomega_ZIP.svg/187px-Iomega_ZIP.svg.png" decoding="async" width="187" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c0/Iomega_ZIP.svg/281px-Iomega_ZIP.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c0/Iomega_ZIP.svg/374px-Iomega_ZIP.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="187" data-file-height="101" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Iomega Zip 100 drive logo</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Iomega_Zip_100_drive_with_a_disk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Iomega_Zip_100_drive_with_a_disk.jpg/220px-Iomega_Zip_100_drive_with_a_disk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Iomega_Zip_100_drive_with_a_disk.jpg/330px-Iomega_Zip_100_drive_with_a_disk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Iomega_Zip_100_drive_with_a_disk.jpg/440px-Iomega_Zip_100_drive_with_a_disk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Zip 100 drive with a disk</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data">Iomega</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cost</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="white-space: nowrap">US$200</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Floppy_drive" class="mw-redirect" title="Floppy drive">Floppy drive</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Internal_zip_drive_inside_computer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Internal_zip_drive_inside_computer.jpg/220px-Internal_zip_drive_inside_computer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Internal_zip_drive_inside_computer.jpg/330px-Internal_zip_drive_inside_computer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Internal_zip_drive_inside_computer.jpg/440px-Internal_zip_drive_inside_computer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>An internal Zip drive installed in a computer</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Internal_zip_drive_outside_of_computer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Internal_zip_drive_outside_of_computer.jpg/220px-Internal_zip_drive_outside_of_computer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Internal_zip_drive_outside_of_computer.jpg/330px-Internal_zip_drive_outside_of_computer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Internal_zip_drive_outside_of_computer.jpg/440px-Internal_zip_drive_outside_of_computer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>An internal Zip drive outside of a computer but attached to a <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>-inch to <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span>-inch drive bay adapter</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iomega_ZIP100_Disk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Iomega_ZIP100_Disk.jpg/220px-Iomega_ZIP100_Disk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Iomega_ZIP100_Disk.jpg/330px-Iomega_ZIP100_Disk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Iomega_ZIP100_Disk.jpg/440px-Iomega_ZIP100_Disk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1635" data-file-height="1506" /></a><figcaption>The Zip disk media</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ZIP_Drive_100,_5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/ZIP_Drive_100%2C_5.jpg/220px-ZIP_Drive_100%2C_5.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/ZIP_Drive_100%2C_5.jpg/330px-ZIP_Drive_100%2C_5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/ZIP_Drive_100%2C_5.jpg/440px-ZIP_Drive_100%2C_5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4444" data-file-height="3085" /></a><figcaption>The back of a parallel-port ZIP-100 with printer pass-through</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Zip drive</b> is a removable floppy <a href="/wiki/Disk_storage" title="Disk storage">disk storage</a> system that was announced by <a href="/wiki/Iomega" title="Iomega">Iomega</a> in 1994 and began shipping in March 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Considered medium-to-high-capacity at the time of its release, Zip disks were originally launched with capacities of 100 <a href="/wiki/Megabytes" class="mw-redirect" title="Megabytes">MB</a>, then 250 MB, and finally 750 MB. </p><p>The format became the most popular of the <a href="/wiki/Superfloppy" class="mw-redirect" title="Superfloppy">superfloppy</a> products which filled a <a href="/wiki/Niche_market" title="Niche market">niche</a> in the late 1990s portable storage market. However, it was never popular enough to replace the standard <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>-inch <a href="/wiki/Floppy_disk" title="Floppy disk">floppy disk</a>. Zip drives fell out of favor for mass portable storage during the early 2000s as <a href="/wiki/CD-RW" title="CD-RW">CD-RW</a> and <a href="/wiki/USB_flash_drive" title="USB flash drive">USB flash drives</a> became prevalent. The Zip brand later covered internal and external CD writers known as Zip-650 or Zip-CD, despite the dissimilar technology. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zip_drive&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Zip drive is a "superfloppy" disk drive that has all of the standard <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>-inch floppy drive's convenience, but with much greater capacity options and with performance that is much improved over a standard floppy drive. However, Zip disk housings are similar to but slightly larger than those of standard <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>-inch floppy disks.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Zip drive, the heads fly in a manner similar to a <a href="/wiki/Hard_disk_drive" title="Hard disk drive">hard disk drive</a>. A linear actuator uses the <a href="/wiki/Voice_coil" title="Voice coil">voice coil</a> actuation technology related to modern hard disk drives. </p><p>The original Zip drive has a maximum data transfer rate of about 1.4 MB/s (comparable to 8× CD-R; although some connection methods are slower, down to approximately 50 kB/s for maximum-compatibility parallel "nibble" mode) and a <a href="/wiki/Seek_time" class="mw-redirect" title="Seek time">seek time</a> of 28 ms on average, compared to a standard 1.44 MB floppy's effective ≈16 kB/s and ≈200 ms average seek time. Typical desktop hard disk drives from mid-to-late 1990s revolve at 5,400 rpm and have transfer rates from 3 MB/s to 10 MB/s or more, and average seek times from 20 ms to 14 ms or less.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Early-generation Zip drives were in direct competition with the <a href="/wiki/SuperDisk" title="SuperDisk">SuperDisk</a> (LS-120) drives, which hold 20% more data and can also read standard <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>-inch 1.44 MB diskettes, but they have a lower data-transfer rate due to lower rotational speed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Zip drive was Iomega's third generation of products, different from Iomega's earlier <a href="/wiki/Bernoulli_Box" title="Bernoulli Box">Bernoulli Boxes</a> in many ways, including the absence of the Bernoulli plate of the earlier products.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interfaces">Interfaces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zip_drive&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Interfaces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ZipDrives.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/ZipDrives.jpeg/220px-ZipDrives.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/ZipDrives.jpeg/330px-ZipDrives.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/ZipDrives.jpeg/440px-ZipDrives.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="215" /></a><figcaption>Later (<a href="/wiki/USB" title="USB">USB</a>, left) and earlier (parallel, right) Zip drives (media in foreground)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ZIP_250_USB_Drive.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/ZIP_250_USB_Drive.jpg/170px-ZIP_250_USB_Drive.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/ZIP_250_USB_Drive.jpg/255px-ZIP_250_USB_Drive.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/ZIP_250_USB_Drive.jpg/340px-ZIP_250_USB_Drive.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>ZIP 250 USB Drive</figcaption></figure> <p>Zip drives were produced in multiple interfaces including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Integrated_Drive_Electronics" class="mw-redirect" title="Integrated Drive Electronics">IDE</a> True ATA (very early ATA internal Zip drives mostly sold to OEMs; these drives exhibit software compatibility issues because they do not support the ATAPI command set)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ATAPI" title="ATAPI">ATAPI</a> (all Zip generations)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USB" title="USB">USB</a> 1.1 (Zip 100 MB and 250 MB generations) <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>USB 2.0 (Zip 750 MB generation; backwards compatible with USB 1.1 systems)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_1284" title="IEEE 1284">IEEE 1284</a> (<a href="/wiki/Parallel_port" title="Parallel port">parallel port</a>) with printer pass through (Zip 100 MB and 250 MB generations) <sup><i>(See NB 3)</i></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_1394" title="IEEE 1394">IEEE 1394</a> (<a href="/wiki/FireWire" class="mw-redirect" title="FireWire">FireWire</a>) (Zip 250 MB and 750 MB generations)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SCSI" title="SCSI">SCSI</a> (Zip 100 MB and 250 MB generations; both internal and external editions; external editions limited to ID 5 and 6)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Plus" (Zip 100 MB external drive with both SCSI and IEEE 1284 connections; SCSI ID limited to ID 5 and 6).</li></ul> <p>Parallel port external Zip drives are actually SCSI drives with an integrated Parallel-to-SCSI controller, meaning a true SCSI bus implementation but without the electrical buffering circuits necessary for connecting other external devices. Early Zip 100 drives use an AIC 7110 SCSI controller and later parallel drives (Zip Plus and Zip 250) used what was known as Iomega MatchMaker.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The drives are identified by the operating system as "IMG VP0" and "IMG VP1" respectively. </p><p>Early external SCSI-based Zip drives were packaged with an included SCSI adapter known as Zip Zoom. The Zip Zoom is a relabeled ISA Adaptec SCSI host controller. Also, originally sold separately was a PCMCIA-to-SCSI adapter for laptop compatibility, also a relabeled Adaptec. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: auto;"> <caption>Interface availability </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="width:100px;">Name </th> <th colspan="5">Interface </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:60px;"><a href="/wiki/ATA_Packet_Interface" class="mw-redirect" title="ATA Packet Interface">ATAPI</a> </th> <th style="width:60px;"><a href="/wiki/SCSI" title="SCSI">SCSI</a> </th> <th style="width:60px;"><a href="/wiki/Parallel_port" title="Parallel port">LPT</a><sup id="cite_ref-fn_1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn_1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:60px;"><a href="/wiki/USB" title="USB">USB</a> </th> <th style="width:60px;"><a href="/wiki/IEEE_1394" title="IEEE 1394">FireWire</a><sup id="cite_ref-fn_2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn_2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Zip 100 </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Zip 250 </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr> <td>Zip 750 </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:left; 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Higher-capacity drives can read lower-capacity media. The 250 MB drive writes much more slowly to 100 MB disks than the 100 MB drive, and the Iomega software is unable to perform a "long" (thorough) format on a 100 MB disk (They can be formatted in any version of Windows as normal; the advantage of the Iomega software is that the long format can format the 100 MB disks with a slightly higher capacity. 250 MB disks format to the same size either way). The 750 MB drive can read and write to 250MB disks, but has read-only support for 100 MB disks.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The retroreflective spot differs between the 100 MB disk and the 250 MB such that if the larger disk is inserted in a smaller-capacity drive, the disk is immediately ejected again without any attempt being made to access it. The 750 MB disk has no reflective spot.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sales,_problems,_and_licensing"><span id="Sales.2C_problems.2C_and_licensing"></span>Sales, problems, and licensing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zip_drive&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sales, problems, and licensing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zip drives initially sold well after their shipments began in 1995, owing to their low price and high (for the time) capacity. The drive was initially sold for just under US$200 with one cartridge included, and additional 100 MB cartridges for US$20. At this time <a href="/wiki/Hard_disk" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard disk">hard disks</a> typically had a capacity of 500 MB and cost around US$200 <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, and so backing up with Zip disks was very economical for home users—some computer suppliers such as <a href="/wiki/Dell" title="Dell">Dell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gateway,_Inc." title="Gateway, Inc.">Gateway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a> included internal Zip drives in their machines. Zip drives also made significant inroads in the graphic arts market, as a cheaper alternative to the <a href="/wiki/Syquest" class="mw-redirect" title="Syquest">Syquest</a> cartridge hard disk system. The price of additional cartridges swiftly dropped further over the next few years, as more companies began supplying them. Eventually, the suppliers included <a href="/wiki/Fujifilm" title="Fujifilm">Fujifilm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Verbatim_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Verbatim Corporation">Verbatim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toshiba" title="Toshiba">Toshiba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maxell" title="Maxell">Maxell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epson" title="Epson">Epson</a> and <a href="/wiki/NEC" title="NEC">NEC</a>. NEC also produced a licensed 100 MB drive model with its brand name. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ZipDiskNDrive_unitsales_1998to2003.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/ZipDiskNDrive_unitsales_1998to2003.svg/220px-ZipDiskNDrive_unitsales_1998to2003.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/ZipDiskNDrive_unitsales_1998to2003.svg/330px-ZipDiskNDrive_unitsales_1998to2003.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/ZipDiskNDrive_unitsales_1998to2003.svg/440px-ZipDiskNDrive_unitsales_1998to2003.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="911" data-file-height="623" /></a><figcaption>Zip Disk and Drive sales, 1998 to 2003</figcaption></figure> <p>Sales of Zip drives and disks declined steadily from 1999 to 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zip disks had a relatively high cost per megabyte compared to the falling costs of then-new <a href="/wiki/CD-R" title="CD-R">CD-R</a> and <a href="/wiki/CD-RW" title="CD-RW">CD-RW</a> discs. </p><p>The growth of hard disk drives to multi-gigabyte capacity made backing up with Zip disks less economical. Furthermore, the advent of inexpensive recordable CD and DVD drives for computers, followed by USB flash drives, pushed the Zip drive out of the mainstream market. Nevertheless, during their prime, Zip disks greatly eased the exchange of files that were too big to fit into a standard <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>-inch floppy or an email attachment, and there was no high-speed connection to transfer the file to the recipient. However, the advantages of magnetic media over optical media and flash memory, in terms of long-term file storage stability and high erase/rewrite cycles, still affords them a niche in the data-storage arena.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In September 1998, a <a href="/wiki/Class_action_suit" class="mw-redirect" title="Class action suit">class action suit</a> was filed against Iomega over a type of Zip drive failure dubbed the "<a href="/wiki/Click_of_death" title="Click of death">Click of Death</a>", accusing Iomega of violation of the Delaware Consumer Fraud Act.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, <i><a href="/wiki/PC_World_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="PC World (magazine)">PC World</a></i> rated the Zip drive as the 15th worst technology product of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nonetheless, in 2007, <i>PC World</i> rated the Zip drive as the 23rd <i>best</i> technology product of all time<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> despite its known problems. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zip_drive&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zip drives are still used today by retro-computing enthusiasts as a means to transfer large amounts (compared to the retro hardware) of data between modern and older computer systems. The <a href="/wiki/Amiga" title="Amiga">Commodore-Amiga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atari_ST" title="Atari ST">Atari ST</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apple_II" title="Apple II">Apple II</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Old_World_ROM" title="Old World ROM">"old world"</a> <a href="/wiki/Mac_(computer)" title="Mac (computer)">Macintosh</a> communities often use drives with the SCSI interface prevalent on those platforms. They have also found a small niche in the music production community, as SCSI-compatible Zip drives can be used with vintage <a href="/wiki/Sampler_(musical_instrument)" title="Sampler (musical instrument)">samplers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_keyboard" title="Electronic keyboard">keyboards</a> of the 1990s.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Zip disks were still in use in <a href="/wiki/Aviation" title="Aviation">aviation</a> until at least 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jeppesen" title="Jeppesen">Jeppesen</a> distributed navigation database updates, and <a href="/wiki/Universal_Avionics" title="Universal Avionics">Universal Avionics</a> supplies <a href="/wiki/TAWS" class="mw-redirect" title="TAWS">TAWS</a>, UniLink and Performance databases for upload into <a href="/wiki/Flight_management_system" title="Flight management system">flight management systems</a> via 100 and 250 MB Zip disks.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="ZipCD">ZipCD</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zip_drive&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: ZipCD"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iomega also produced a line of internal and external recordable CD drives under the Zip brand in the late 1990s, called the <b>ZipCD</b> 650. It used regular CD-R media and had no format relation to the magnetic Zip drive. The external models were installed in a Zip-drive-style case, and used standard USB 1.1 connections. </p><p>Iomega used the DirectCD software from <a href="/wiki/Adaptec" title="Adaptec">Adaptec</a> to allow <a href="/wiki/Universal_Disk_Format" title="Universal Disk Format">UDF</a> drive-letter access to CD-R or CD-RW media. </p><p>The company released an open standard CD-R drive and CD-RW media under the same ZipCD name. </p><p>Early models of ZipCD drives were relabeled <a href="/wiki/Philips" title="Philips">Philips</a> drives, which were also so unreliable that a <a href="/wiki/Class_action_lawsuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Class action lawsuit">class action lawsuit</a> succeeded.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later models were sourced from <a href="/wiki/Plextor" title="Plextor">Plextor</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zip_drive&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 21em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caleb_UHD" class="mw-redirect" title="Caleb UHD">Caleb UHD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlewood_Orb_Drive" class="mw-redirect" title="Castlewood Orb Drive">Castlewood Orb Drive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EZ_135_Drive" class="mw-redirect" title="EZ 135 Drive">EZ 135 Drive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaz_drive" title="Jaz drive">Jaz drive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PocketZip" title="PocketZip">PocketZip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_HiFD" title="Sony HiFD">Sony HiFD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SuperDisk" title="SuperDisk">SuperDisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SyQuest_Technology" title="SyQuest Technology">SyQuest</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zip_drive&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1197/35278995000002/filing-main.htm">"IOMEGA CORP (Form Type: 10-K, Filing Date: 03/30/1995)"</a>. 1995-03-30. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240220151411/http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1197/35278995000002/filing-main.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 2024-02-20<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-02-20</span></span>. <q>... new Zip products that it announced in 1994 and expects to start shipping in the first half of 1995.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=IOMEGA+CORP+%28Form+Type%3A+10-K%2C+Filing+Date%3A+03%2F30%2F1995%29&rft.date=1995-03-30&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fedgar.secdatabase.com%2F1197%2F35278995000002%2Ffiling-main.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZip+drive" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/archivesandmanuscripts/2010/03/22/media-recognition-guide-iomega-zip-disks/">"Media Recognition Guide – Iomega Zip Disks"</a>. 2010-03-22. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240711021315/https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/archivesandmanuscripts/2010/03/22/media-recognition-guide-iomega-zip-disks/">Archived</a> from the original on 2024-07-11<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-06-03</span></span>. <q>Zip disks are physically similar to floppy disks, ... dimensions are 97 x 98 x 6mm compared to 3.5" floppy disk dimensions of 90 x 94 x 3mm.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Media+Recognition+Guide+%E2%80%93+Iomega+Zip+Disks&rft.date=2010-03-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk%2Farchivesandmanuscripts%2F2010%2F03%2F22%2Fmedia-recognition-guide-iomega-zip-disks%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZip+drive" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Radman et al.,, "Flexible-Disk Cartridge Drives Combine Reliable Operation, Removability," Computer Technology Review, Summer 1984, p. 77-81</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.org/details/iomega-zip-250-drive">"Iomega ZIP 250 Drive"</a>. 2006-05-11 – via Internet Archive.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Iomega+ZIP+250+Drive&rft.date=2006-05-11&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fiomega-zip-250-drive&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZip+drive" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150606114312/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1995_articles/dec95/iomegazip.html">"Iomega Zip 100"</a>. <i>Sound on Sound</i>. December 1995. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1995_articles/dec95/iomegazip.html">the original</a> on 2015-06-06.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sound+on+Sound&rft.atitle=Iomega+Zip+100&rft.date=1995-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundonsound.com%2Fsos%2F1995_articles%2Fdec95%2Fiomegazip.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZip+drive" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/ZIP-Drive.html#ss8.8">"Zip Drive Mini-HOWTO"</a>. <i>Faqs.org</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160817110431/http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/ZIP-Drive.html#ss8.8">Archived</a> from the original on 2016-08-17<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-08-11</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Using+a+zip+Zip+drive+on+a+Mac+Plus&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jagshouse.com%2FzipMacPlus.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZip+drive" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Iomega 750MB drive documentation states this</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Annual reports from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=iom&script=700">corporate website</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220705215051/http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=iom&script=700">Archived</a> 2022-07-05 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>: <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040119131312/http://download.iomega.com/com/about/investor/annual_report2000/annual.pdf">"Iomega Corporation (2000). 2000 Annual Report to Shareholders"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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