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Growing up, my #Dad always went with the #underdogs in the #tech world, and it trickled onto me. We lived in #Texas. We didn't have a #Nintendo, we had a #Sega #MasterSystem. We didn't have an #intel processor, we had Cyrix. We didn't use #jazz or #iomega, we used SyQuest. We didn't run #Windows98, we used #Linux. We didn't go with #AOL, we went with #Compuserve. That spirit of #offthebeatenpath was awesome to grow up with, I saw so much cool obscure shit that others people never saw.

Iomega ZIP Solutions CD

https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/iomega-zip-solutions-cd

(v1.0)

#macgarden #drivershardwaresupport #2001 #iomega

Roba da patiti di retrocomputing

In radio passano gli Stadio con "Chiedimi chi erano i Beatles" e da qualche cassetto della memoria è spuntato un "Chiedimi cos'erano SyQuest, Iomega e il famigerato click della morte "

#retrocomputing #SyQuest #Iomega

I'll probably never own a drive to read those, but these are some very impressive floppy disk cartridges. Also, 20 megs in 1984 - that's more than a typical hard disk had at that time. 😲

#IOMEGA #Bernoulli #RetroComputing #ObsoleteMedia

Got 2 of these working on my #Commodore #Amiga 1200 today, a parallel version of the #iOmega Zip drive and a SCSI one of the Zip drive Plus. 100MB per disk, in a time where the HDD was 120MB, seemed excessive.

Have a SCSI 2GB Jaz drive still to test but I don't have the fitting SCSI cable yet. Side note: all the different existent SCSI standards are a special, and expensive, kind of hell. #Retrocomputing #retro

Ok, nix explodiert und das Laufwerk meldet "ready", wenn die Disk eingelegt ist. 🙂 Richtig testen kann ich erst später, wenn das Laufwerk wieder in einem externen SCSI-Gehäuse verbaut ist und ich einen Mac mit SCSI aufgebaut habe.

#IOMEGA #Bernoulli #RetroComputing

Zur Abwechselung etwas #SCSI-Zeugs: zwei 4/8 GB DAT-Streamer, der linke vom Design her definitiv für alte Macs gedacht.

Ein 150 MB #IOMEGA #Bernoulli-Laufwerk. Gehäuse ist leider aus Plastik und an etlichen Stellen gebrochen. Laufwerk scheint, zumindest mechanisch, aber ok zu sein.

Und noch ein schöner SCSI-Tower. 🥳

#RetroComputing

Good news everyone! I wrote up my notes about the Iomega Zip drive proprietary SCSI commands and mode pages!
These work for parallel-port drives too, as they're a SCSI drive and a parallel adapter in a trenchcoat.

https://www.philpem.me.uk/oldcomp/iomega_zip_jaz

#IomegaZip #Iomega #IomegaJaz #RetroComputing

EDIT: It has found a home.
#Free to a good home: A single Iomega Jaz disk. It's labeled NT 2000 JAZ, for what that's worth. :apple_inc:
#Macintosh #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #Iomega #Jaz

An Iomega Jaz disk lying on a wooden floor. The label reads MAC1GB with a handwritten NT 2000 JAZ in blue ballpoint pen.

EDIT: It has found a home.
#Free to a good home: A 3.5" internal SCSI Zip drive. :apple_inc:
#Macintosh #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #ZipDrive #Iomega #SCSI

A 3.5" internal Zip drive lying on a wood floor. zip100 is molded into the plastic on the front and there's a translucent round eject button at the lower right. A white label is visible on the top, but out of focus.

A closeup of the label on top of an internal Zip drive, showing Iomega and Apple logos, plus SCSI ID settings. Model: Z100Si ZIP.

So after purchasing brand new blank media for my Iomega 250mb ZIP drive, was time to give this disk format tech from 1999 a go on Windows 98!

It's super quiet on file transfers and with my internal drive connected via IDE cable could easily fill a disk within a few minutes.

Impressive stuff!

#retrocomputing #zip #iomega #windows98

A Fujifilm 250MB Zip disk placed on top of its original packaging, which rests on a black computer keyboard. The Zip disk has a grey plastic casing with a label for writing contents and a metallic shutter at the top. The packaging underneath features a colourful futuristic design with a glowing ring and light streaks, marked as PC formatted and compatible only with 250MB Zip drives.

A Fujifilm Zip Disk 250MB in its original plastic case, resting on a black computer keyboard. The packaging features a colourful futuristic design with a glowing ring and streaks of light. The label indicates that the disk is PC formatted and only compatible with 250MB Zip drives.

Close-up of the front panel of a vintage desktop computer tower with a blue and beige design. The panel features a Zip 250 drive with a Zip disk partially inserted, a floppy disk drive above it, and an illuminated power button. The Zip drive has a glowing green LED light, indicating activity.

A close-up of a CRT monitor displaying a Windows 98 interface with Windows Explorer open, showing the contents of a 3.5-inch 250mb zip disk (B:). A Notepad window is open, displaying a readme.txt file about Zip disks, describing their high-capacity storage capabilities and benefits, such as expanding computer storage, backing up data, and organising files.

/* 10 Apr 1998 (Good Friday) - Received EN144302 by email from Iomega. Scarry thing is the level of support from one of their managers. The onus is now on us (the developers) to shut up and start coding. */

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.12.6/source/drivers/scsi/imm.h#L17-L19

#linux #kernel #scsi #iomega

My retro Windows 98 computer is complete.

Finished off with an Iomega 250mb zip drive.

AMD Athlon 2000+
512MB RAM
128GB IDE to Micro SD
2x Voodoo 12mb SLI graphics cards
Matrox Mystique 220 (2D/3D)
SoundBlaster Live! Platinum 5.1
Yamaha SW1000XG

It's been a really fun build!

Beige is beautiful!

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #3dfx #windows98 #iomega

A photograph of a vintage custom-built desktop computer tower with a blue and white case. The front panel features multiple drive bays, including two optical drives (a DVD-RW and a DVD-ROM), a Creative Live! Drive IR audio interface panel with various input and output ports (SPDIF, MIDI, line-in, mic, and auxiliary), and an Iomega Zip drive. Below these components, there is a circular power button with a reflective surface and a small green LED indicator. In the background, an old Philips CRT monitor is visible, along with a partially seen PlayStation console and a keyboard, suggesting a retro computing or gaming setup.

A close-up photograph of an Iomega Zip 250 ATAPI internal drive, showing the label with technical details. The label includes the model number (Z250ATAPI), serial number (S/N: C5BM43100A), power requirements (+5V, 0.8A), and various certification marks (FCC, CE, UL). It also contains jumper settings for Master, Slave, and Cable Select, as well as the manufacturing details, indicating it was assembled in Malaysia. In the background, an open computer case with internal components and cabling is visible, suggesting a repair or restoration process.

A photograph of a vintage CRT monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 755DF) displaying the Windows 98 operating system with an open System Properties window for an Iomega Zip 250 drive. The settings panel shows options such as removable media, sync data transfer, and drive letter assignment (B:). The Windows desktop features icons for My Documents, Network Neighborhood, Recycle Bin, Windows Media Player, and Creative PlayCenter 2.0, along with a 3dfx-themed wallpaper. The taskbar at the bottom includes the Start button and the Control Panel window. The setup suggests a retro computing environment, likely for gaming or software preservation.

Un día recibes un paquete que te envía una amiga desde San Diego, y descubres dentro la confirmación de que tiene muy presente tu gusto por la tecnología vintage.

Unidad IOMEGA ZIP y dos cajas selladas de discos ZIP de 100 y 250 Mb para #MacOS

#retrocomputing #zip #iomega

Unidad ZIP IOMEGA 250Mb y dos cajas selladas de discos ZIP de 100 y 250Mb

Iomega home media drive — восстановление и открытие чакр

Лет 15 назад мною в подарок моей будущей супруге было куплено такое устройство - "Сетевое хранилище Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive". В принципе, нормальная железяка, но она не нашла своего места. Главная проблема заключалась в том, что по самбе хранилище работало неоправданно медленно, а веб-интерфейс - это не для ежедневного использования. Так и валялось оно без дела, а когда я, спустя годы, попытался его включить, выяснилось, что диск приказал долго жить. Спустя ещё пару лет было решено, что негоже вещи кануть в Лету, не оставив следа. Ну а заодно, как водится , можно хорошенько поковыряться во внутрянке, авось чего интересного выяснится.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/872994/

#iomega #hmnhd #home_media #замена_диска #восстановление

Yesterdays cutting edge portable media is today's social media humor post. Issues in 1998-1999 the Iomega clik! drive was a 40mb external storage option. The card was about $250 ($473 today) and the media was $10 each or $ 0.25 per MB. My OWC 2TB CF Express card was $700 or 0.00035 per MB #clik! #iomega #zipdrive #storage #computer #electronics #history

@alterelefant @apicultor @Heidi OFC...

The only competiton so far besides #LTO and #IBM3592 is #ODA or #OpticalDiscArchive which is basically a fancy cartridge system containing 12 #bluray discs each...

Needless to say the need for #fast and #portable storage will make the use of #SSD|s (even if just simple NOR-Flash ROMs) sooner or later unavoidable given #BDXL has been maxed out at 128 GB, HDDs are too sensitive for many scenarios (we had #iomega #Jaz & #Rev already, and #RDX exists to this day) unavoidable, as data requirements rise faster than the average internet speed.

Saturday chores and I scored this #Iomega #ZipDrive at the recycling yard.🥳
I looked for the power supply, but it was nowhere to be found.🤷‍♂️
Going to try and find a compatible one.
#RetroComputing #RetroGaming

… I have seen things you wouldn’t believe …

… ribbon cables for hard drives… Master/Slave #SCSI termination… (mind screams in rebellion)… the little switch boxes to hook your original #Nintendo console or #VIC20 to a TV and then get headaches from staring at the TV CRT too closely…. a VIC-20 cassette drive with a box of about 150+ unlabeled tapes… painstakingly typed in from the listings in #BYTE magazines… Taking low-density 3.5″ floppies, and drilling/punching a hole through to double your storage and make them “high-density”…. the squeal of a modem (and trying to get the #IRQ conflicts resolved via changing jumper switches)… attempting to connect to #Datapac to try and reach unknown systems, running a #BBS inside a #DOS box, on #386(SX) #Windows 3.0 machine, Setting up your own #UUCP #internet over #dialup…

All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain…

The clicking of an #IOMEGA #ZIP drive, whose time it was to die…

En 2010 a 30 años salen las unidades NAS StorCenter y Skin Hard Drive y la serie IX de los discos Cloud Edition.

En 2013, Iomega fue renombrado LenovoEMC, y la marca como tal de Iomega desapareció del mercado.

Y tu ¿Aun conservas algunos discos Zip p productos Iomega? Yo en la personal tengo cientos de estos discos, varias unidades 100 y 250 del Zip una unidad externa Predator.

#retrocomputingmx #iomega #historiadelacomputación #discoszip #jazdrive #dittotape

#iomega

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