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skinnane@acs.uwa.edu.au (Scott Kinnane) wrote:

>> >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??
>Don't think and you'll get it right. :)
>Its a cool little removable harddrive using SCSI or IDE - very cheap
>(compared to competition) and not a slouch speed wise either.

Well, not quite.  The Zip drive (looking at mine right now) is a small
blueish/purple external drive that takes 100 megabyte 4" floppy disks.
It connects to either the parallel port or a SCSI port, and can be
accessed just like any other disk drive.  The media inside the disks
is actually VERY similar to what's in a 1.44 meg floppy disk, just
much better.  The biggest advantage to the zip is that you can throw
100 megs of data on a disk, take it to another computer, and copy it
right off, with a minimum of hassle.

The drives are going for $200, with one 100 meg disk included.

The disks go for:

1 pack = $19.95
3 pack = $49.95
10 pack = $139.95

(approx US prices)