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Lincoln Imp
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 Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 1:46 pm |
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Bit of a long shot, but does anyone have a working Zip Drive knocking about that they no longer want? Mine, after years of sterling service, seems to have gone kaput...leaving me with stuff on discs that I can no longer access! I really wish I'd put into action my plan to transfer all the stuff onto a hard drive!  Thanks in advance!
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 6:15 pm |
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I'm pretty sure I have an external USB Zip drive knocking about, I will see if I can dig it out.
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 6:37 pm |
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Simon, that would be fantastic if you can find it. Thanks so much for replying.
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:15 pm |
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No USB model here. I've only got an external SCSI one and an internal one on my G4.
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Lincoln Imp
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:51 am |
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Thanks anyway. I'm not sure how a SCSI model would hook up to an iMac?! Otherwise I might have taken it off your hands!
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:29 pm |
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I've just had a dig through various boxes, found the drive and gave it a quick test on the Mac and all seems fine. It's a Zip 250 but I've tested it with 100MB and 250MB disks and it reads and writes to both reliably. Here it is:  I also found a SCSI version, but looks like it's the USB one you need. If you drop me your address via PM, I'll get it in the post.
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Lincoln Imp
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:05 pm |
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PM sent. Thank you so much, really appreciated.
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 3:17 pm |
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Ah the olden days when 100Mb removable disks were mahoosive!!!! 
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:36 pm |
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MB Surely? (Mega-Bytes) not Mega-bits or milli-bits. Makes a difference. But then everybody knows what everybody means, don't they? Not always  it just gets harder to interpret. In abbreviations, capitalisation counts. Picky, picky, picky! Well - sloppy, sloppy, sloppy! Glad you'll get your Zip Drive, Lincoln! Now back up, back up! (I guess that's the plan anyway  )
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:59 pm |
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I think we all knew exactly what was meant.
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:31 pm |
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Yes I know, I'm way too pedantic about things. Sorry about that. Happy Christmas everybody!
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Lincoln Imp
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:35 pm |
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Merry Christmas to you all.
What a great forum this is! Thanks to Crossed-Ups generosity I shall be able to access my discs and definitely back up to a more modern media!
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Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 3:39 pm |
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The drive went off in the post this morning, so should be on its way to Lincoln over the festivities. This was also a chance for me to check some zip disks I had lying around too and found some Pics from a Boston trip in 2001 I had lost  Merry Christmas!
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Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 3:51 pm |
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Cheers Simon. I will look out for it.
Glad you found your long lost photos!
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