Zip disk

Not to be confused with ZIP, an unrelated compressed file format.

File Format
Name	Zip disk
Ontology	Physical File Formats Disk cartridge Zip disk
Zip disk

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
• Trouble In Paradise - Quickly diagnoses any Iomega ZIP or JAZ drives and cartridges