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* [http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/ZIP-Drive.html Zip Drive Mini-HOWTO: setting up and using the Iomega ZIP drive with Linux], faqs.org | * [http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/ZIP-Drive.html Zip Drive Mini-HOWTO: setting up and using the Iomega ZIP drive with Linux], faqs.org | ||
* [http://xfrstn.newmuseum.org/ XFER STN (New Museum)] (available to artists for converting old-format works) | * [http://xfrstn.newmuseum.org/ XFER STN (New Museum)] (available to artists for converting old-format works) | ||
| + | * [http://www.sugarcayne.com/2013/09/exile-zip-disks-floppies/ Zip Disks & Floppies: musical piece by artist who formerly used those media for storing beats] | ||
Revision as of 23:58, 21 October 2014
- Not to be confused with ZIP, an unrelated compressed file format.
The Zip disk is a rotating magnetic storage medium housed in a hard plastic protective cassette. This "super-floppy" disk storage product came in 100 MB, 250 MB, and 750 MB capacities, and was sold from 1994 through approximately 2003.
References
- Zip Drive, Wikipedia.
- Zip Drive support pages, Iomega
- Zip Drive Mini-HOWTO: setting up and using the Iomega ZIP drive with Linux, faqs.org
- XFER STN (New Museum) (available to artists for converting old-format works)
- Zip Disks & Floppies: musical piece by artist who formerly used those media for storing beats
