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Re: ZIP drives in Australia?

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From: Dark Knight
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 00:00
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In article <jhawkins01853950605151919@tardis.apana.org.au> Justin Hawkins <jhawkins@tardis.apana.org.au> writes:
>From: Justin Hawkins <jhawkins@tardis.apana.org.au>
>Subject: ZIP drives in Australia?
>Date: Wed, 05 Jul 95 15:19:19 CDT

>Is there anywhere is Australia I can get hold of a ZIP drive? Or
>haven't they made it here yet because of the massive demand for them
>in the US?

Call me an ignorant, but what's a ZIP drive?

I think it's supposed to be a hardware based compressed floopy drive??
How many MB can it take?

Cheers, :-)
Ligo
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From: BJLIG1@cfs03.cc.monash.edu.au (Dark Knight)
Subject: Re: ZIP drives in Australia?
Date: 1995/07/24
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