If you were anywhere near a computer in the mid-to-late 1990s, you almost certainly encountered a Zip drive. That distinctive purple peripheral, with its satisfying clunk as you slotted in a cartri…
    • org@lemmy.org
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      30 days ago

      I worked in the tech dept at my school part time and I got to keep all the Zip disks that had no name and no one claimed after the end of the semester.

      I had shelves.

      • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com
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        30 days ago

        I maintained a Mac lab and all the computers had built in zip disks. I didn’t get any leftovers, but had a bunch loaded with media on slow days.