29 Mar
2023
29 Mar
'23
8:36 a.m.
On 3/29/23 02:18, Ali via cctalk wrote:
I think that Zip drives benefitted largely from the support of Apple.
Some Performa models had a Zip drive as standard equipment and there was
the USB Imation Superdrive targeted toward Mac users. FWIW, I buy
Superdrives even if the drive inside isn't known to work. The enclosure
is very nice for standard 3.5" drives. Very often, the things come up
for auction without the USB dongle and wall wart PSU--and a floppy stuck
inside.
I have the dongle and PSU, so it's mostly a matter of plugging the thing
into a PC and issuing an "eject" command. The plastic ejection button
on the things often deforms so that the ejection switch can't be
activated manually. It's a minor fix to reform the button.
--Chuck
Still have my
Caleb UHD144 drives, though--144MB on a 3.5" preformatted
floppy. Drive also reads and writes 1.44M and 720K floppies.
>From what I understand the Caleb was too little too late. Zip had already established
dominance and LS120 was on the market.