Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and a couple
disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for shipping.

--
Greg O

"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for shipping.

--
Greg O


Well don't all rush at once.

ian field wrote:

"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for shipping.

--
Greg O


Well don't all rush at once.


He didn't say whether it is 100 MB or 250 MB, and what kind of
interface it has. I know that they came in IDE, parallel port, USB
since I have about 20 different Zip drives in my shop. I pull them out
of the computers I refurbish, since most people have no clue what they
are. There are SCSI Zip drives as well, but I've never handled one.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
m...

ian field wrote:

"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for
shipping.

--
Greg O


Well don't all rush at once.


He didn't say whether it is 100 MB or 250 MB, and what kind of
interface it has. I know that they came in IDE, parallel port, USB
since I have about 20 different Zip drives in my shop. I pull them out
of the computers I refurbish, since most people have no clue what they
are. There are SCSI Zip drives as well, but I've never handled one.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

I figured if anyone cared, they would ask. Parallel port, 100MB.
Some one want it? Or it goes in the trash.
I figured with some guys here running older systems it may be usefull to
somebody.
Greg O

"Greg O" wrote in message
...

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
m...

ian field wrote:

"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for
shipping.

--
Greg O


Well don't all rush at once.


He didn't say whether it is 100 MB or 250 MB, and what kind of
interface it has. I know that they came in IDE, parallel port, USB
since I have about 20 different Zip drives in my shop. I pull them out
of the computers I refurbish, since most people have no clue what they
are. There are SCSI Zip drives as well, but I've never handled one.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

I figured if anyone cared, they would ask. Parallel port, 100MB.
Some one want it? Or it goes in the trash.
I figured with some guys here running older systems it may be usefull to
somebody.
Greg O

AFAIK they go up to 750Mb, only 50Mb more than the very much cheaper CD-RW
disks and not anywhere near the same league as 4.35Gb DVD-RW.

You could have difficulty giving a 100Mb away even if you paid the shipping.

There's very little inside worth pulling them apart for either.

On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 18:30:50 -0000, "ian field"
wrote:


"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for shipping.

--
Greg O


Well don't all rush at once.

Ive got (5) 100 meggers Id happily give away simply for flat rate
shipping.

Since the advent of the Flash drive...cheap cheap cheap flash
drives..Iomega drives are dead technology..unfortunately.

Gunner

"IMHO, some people here give Jeff far more attention than he deserves,
but obviously craves. The most appropriate response, and perhaps the
cruelest, IMO, is to simply killfile and ignore him. An alternative, if
you must, would be to post the same standard reply to his every post,
listing the manifold reasons why he ought to be ignored. Just my $0.02
worth."

On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 13:38:13 -0600, "Greg O" wrote:


"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
om...

ian field wrote:

"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for
shipping.

--
Greg O


Well don't all rush at once.


He didn't say whether it is 100 MB or 250 MB, and what kind of
interface it has. I know that they came in IDE, parallel port, USB
since I have about 20 different Zip drives in my shop. I pull them out
of the computers I refurbish, since most people have no clue what they
are. There are SCSI Zip drives as well, but I've never handled one.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

I figured if anyone cared, they would ask. Parallel port, 100MB.
Some one want it? Or it goes in the trash.
I figured with some guys here running older systems it may be usefull to
somebody.
Greg O


They are very useful for only a very few things. Particularly if you
have a limited system with no USB ports that you can plug in a flash
drive.

Great devices at the time..but technology progresses...shrug

Gunner, weeding out 5 very large boxes full of computer gear..and
dumping the stuff in a trash can..sob..snivel...weep....

Gunner

"IMHO, some people here give Jeff far more attention than he deserves,
but obviously craves. The most appropriate response, and perhaps the
cruelest, IMO, is to simply killfile and ignore him. An alternative, if
you must, would be to post the same standard reply to his every post,
listing the manifold reasons why he ought to be ignored. Just my $0.02
worth."

ian field wrote:

"Greg O" wrote in message
...

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
m...

ian field wrote:

"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for
shipping.

--
Greg O


Well don't all rush at once.


He didn't say whether it is 100 MB or 250 MB, and what kind of
interface it has. I know that they came in IDE, parallel port, USB
since I have about 20 different Zip drives in my shop. I pull them out
of the computers I refurbish, since most people have no clue what they
are. There are SCSI Zip drives as well, but I've never handled one.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

I figured if anyone cared, they would ask. Parallel port, 100MB.
Some one want it? Or it goes in the trash.
I figured with some guys here running older systems it may be usefull to
somebody.
Greg O

AFAIK they go up to 750Mb, only 50Mb more than the very much cheaper CD-RW
disks and not anywhere near the same league as 4.35Gb DVD-RW.

You could have difficulty giving a 100Mb away even if you paid the shipping.

There's very little inside worth pulling them apart for either.


These are magnetic media, not optical.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

Gunner Asch wrote:

On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 18:30:50 -0000, "ian field"
wrote:


"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for shipping.

--
Greg O


Well don't all rush at once.

Ive got (5) 100 meggers Id happily give away simply for flat rate
shipping.

Since the advent of the Flash drive...cheap cheap cheap flash
drives..Iomega drives are dead technology..unfortunately.


Other than recovering old data.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
m...

ian field wrote:

"Greg O" wrote in message
...

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
m...

ian field wrote:

"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and
a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for
shipping.

--
Greg O


Well don't all rush at once.


He didn't say whether it is 100 MB or 250 MB, and what kind of
interface it has. I know that they came in IDE, parallel port, USB
since I have about 20 different Zip drives in my shop. I pull them out
of the computers I refurbish, since most people have no clue what they
are. There are SCSI Zip drives as well, but I've never handled one.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

I figured if anyone cared, they would ask. Parallel port, 100MB.
Some one want it? Or it goes in the trash.
I figured with some guys here running older systems it may be usefull
to
somebody.
Greg O

AFAIK they go up to 750Mb, only 50Mb more than the very much cheaper
CD-RW
disks and not anywhere near the same league as 4.35Gb DVD-RW.

You could have difficulty giving a 100Mb away even if you paid the
shipping.

There's very little inside worth pulling them apart for either.


These are magnetic media, not optical.

Not sure what your point is there.

even older - if anyone needs PLI drives or media, SCSI interface - 40 and 80
meg - common on Macs in the 90s for removable storage - I have a pile of
these, and I think one with an IDE interface for a PC (internal) -

"Bill Noble" wrote in message
...
even older - if anyone needs PLI drives or media, SCSI interface - 40 and
80 meg - common on Macs in the 90s for removable storage - I have a pile
of these, and I think one with an IDE interface for a PC (internal) -

In a dark recess of the junk box is a pile of mostly Mac scsi Quantum/HP
hard drives that each have a power operational amplifier chip, so far I've
only used one of the chips but can't bear to throw the rest.

"ian field" wrote in message
...

"Greg O" wrote in message
...

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
m...

ian field wrote:

"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for
shipping.

--
Greg O


Well don't all rush at once.


He didn't say whether it is 100 MB or 250 MB, and what kind of
interface it has. I know that they came in IDE, parallel port, USB
since I have about 20 different Zip drives in my shop. I pull them out
of the computers I refurbish, since most people have no clue what they
are. There are SCSI Zip drives as well, but I've never handled one.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

I figured if anyone cared, they would ask. Parallel port, 100MB.
Some one want it? Or it goes in the trash.
I figured with some guys here running older systems it may be usefull to
somebody.
Greg O

AFAIK they go up to 750Mb, only 50Mb more than the very much cheaper CD-RW
disks and not anywhere near the same league as 4.35Gb DVD-RW.

You could have difficulty giving a 100Mb away even if you paid the
shipping.

There's very little inside worth pulling them apart for either.


Like I care what is is worth, that is why I offered to send it to someone,
instead of tossing it. You never know why someone finds value in an item,
and I don't care!
I have one, it is free, plus shipping, if anyone wants it, it is that
simple! I could care less about the evaluations of its value!! If it had any
value I would be selling it!
Greg O

In article ,
"ian field" wrote:
There's very little inside worth pulling them apart for either.

I don't agree. There are some decent magnets - not quite as good as hard
drive magnets, but not too shabby. One good sized electrolytic if you
don't do SMD, several more salvageable bits if you do, and a dandy
little high frequency transformer.

--
Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by

On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 20:03:15 -0000, "ian field"
wrote:


"Greg O" wrote in message
...

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
m...

ian field wrote:

"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for
shipping.

--
Greg O


Well don't all rush at once.


He didn't say whether it is 100 MB or 250 MB, and what kind of
interface it has. I know that they came in IDE, parallel port, USB
since I have about 20 different Zip drives in my shop. I pull them out
of the computers I refurbish, since most people have no clue what they
are. There are SCSI Zip drives as well, but I've never handled one.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

I figured if anyone cared, they would ask. Parallel port, 100MB.
Some one want it? Or it goes in the trash.
I figured with some guys here running older systems it may be usefull to
somebody.
Greg O

AFAIK they go up to 750Mb, only 50Mb more than the very much cheaper CD-RW
disks and not anywhere near the same league as 4.35Gb DVD-RW.


Or the 8/7gb? DVD-GL
You could have difficulty giving a 100Mb away even if you paid the shipping.

There's very little inside worth pulling them apart for either.

And they were dodgy technology at best.

On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 21:49:14 -0000, "ian field"
wrote:


"Bill Noble" wrote in message
...
even older - if anyone needs PLI drives or media, SCSI interface - 40 and
80 meg - common on Macs in the 90s for removable storage - I have a pile
of these, and I think one with an IDE interface for a PC (internal) -

In a dark recess of the junk box is a pile of mostly Mac scsi Quantum/HP
hard drives that each have a power operational amplifier chip, so far I've
only used one of the chips but can't bear to throw the rest.

I think I've still got an old SASI drive hanging around if someone
wants it!

I'm tempted since it is a wonder device.

I have one in my desk in the shop. It slaves to the parallel port
and transforms a 3V level parallel into a 5V parallel port. And bidirectional.
Some CNC controllers need 5v parallel ports. Now only custom.

Keep me in mind if no one else wants it.

Martin



Greg O wrote:
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for shipping.

"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in message
...
I'm tempted since it is a wonder device.

I have one in my desk in the shop. It slaves to the parallel port
and transforms a 3V level parallel into a 5V parallel port. And
bidirectional.
Some CNC controllers need 5v parallel ports. Now only custom.

Keep me in mind if no one else wants it.

Martin



Greg O wrote:
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for shipping.


It is yours if you want it!
E-mail sent!
Greg O

ian field wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
m...

ian field wrote:

"Greg O" wrote in message
...

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
m...

ian field wrote:

"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and
a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for
shipping.

--
Greg O


Well don't all rush at once.


He didn't say whether it is 100 MB or 250 MB, and what kind of
interface it has. I know that they came in IDE, parallel port, USB
since I have about 20 different Zip drives in my shop. I pull them out
of the computers I refurbish, since most people have no clue what they
are. There are SCSI Zip drives as well, but I've never handled one.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

I figured if anyone cared, they would ask. Parallel port, 100MB.
Some one want it? Or it goes in the trash.
I figured with some guys here running older systems it may be usefull
to
somebody.
Greg O

AFAIK they go up to 750Mb, only 50Mb more than the very much cheaper
CD-RW
disks and not anywhere near the same league as 4.35Gb DVD-RW.

You could have difficulty giving a 100Mb away even if you paid the
shipping.

There's very little inside worth pulling them apart for either.


These are magnetic media, not optical.

Not sure what your point is there.


That the magnetic media Zip drives came in 100 or 250 MB.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 13:38:13 -0600, "Greg O"
wrote:

I figured if anyone cared, they would ask. Parallel port, 100MB.
Some one want it? Or it goes in the trash.
I figured with some guys here running older systems it may be usefull to
somebody.
Greg O

I have a parallel port 100MB ZiP drive in a drawer somewhere. It
developed the "click of death" syndrome shortly after I bought it and
trashed all the data I had backed up on there from my Apple Mac
Classic computer (this was 10 to 15 years ago). Anybody unfamiliar
with iOmega's "click of death" problem will get a real eye opener if
they put any trust whatsoever in the drive you are offering.
Dave

wrote in message
...
On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 20:03:15 -0000, "ian field"
wrote:


"Greg O" wrote in message
...

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
m...

ian field wrote:

"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Not sue if I posted this before, but I have a Iomega Zip drive and a
couple disks to give away. First one to holler can have it for
shipping.

--
Greg O


Well don't all rush at once.


He didn't say whether it is 100 MB or 250 MB, and what kind of
interface it has. I know that they came in IDE, parallel port, USB
since I have about 20 different Zip drives in my shop. I pull them out
of the computers I refurbish, since most people have no clue what they
are. There are SCSI Zip drives as well, but I've never handled one.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

I figured if anyone cared, they would ask. Parallel port, 100MB.
Some one want it? Or it goes in the trash.
I figured with some guys here running older systems it may be usefull to
somebody.
Greg O

AFAIK they go up to 750Mb, only 50Mb more than the very much cheaper CD-RW
disks and not anywhere near the same league as 4.35Gb DVD-RW.


Or the 8/7gb? DVD-GL
You could have difficulty giving a 100Mb away even if you paid the
shipping.

There's very little inside worth pulling them apart for either.

And they were dodgy technology at best.


The 100Mb one I have worked flawlessly, but then I only installed it to see
what was on the pile of disks that came with it.

Its just not worth having compared to CD-RW & DVD-RW.

ian field wrote:

The 100Mb one I have worked flawlessly, but then I only installed it to see
what was on the pile of disks that came with it.

Its just not worth having compared to CD-RW & DVD-RW.


The ZIP drive is a lot older technology than writable CD drives.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

"Ecnerwal" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"ian field" wrote:
There's very little inside worth pulling them apart for either.

I don't agree. There are some decent magnets - not quite as good as hard
drive magnets, but not too shabby. One good sized electrolytic if you
don't do SMD, several more salvageable bits if you do, and a dandy
little high frequency transformer.


Maybe I'm greedy - I like a higher yield when I harvest components from
scrap boards.