Mitä tapahtui Zip-levyille? Tallennusratkaisuja valmistanut Iomega hallitsi suurten tiedostojen siirron markkinaa hetken ajan 1990-luvulla Zip- ja Jaz-levyillään. Otimme selvää, miksi formaatit katosivat.

Mitä tapahtui aikoinaan hyvinkin suosituille Zip-levyille?

Korppujen korvikkeet ehtivät nauttia suosionsa huipusta vain parin vuoden ajan.

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If you'd like to use an #IomegaZip drive on a modern PC, look out for this kernel fix:
git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git...
It fixes a bug in the AHCI driver which forced IDE DMA mode on with SATA-to-IDE bridges. The Zip drive only supports PIO […]

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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 […]

My old #iomega ZipDisk still looks awesome after being kept in a box for 22 years 😎 Wonder of it still works. There's still a disk inside, maybe it's my bachelor degree files on it 🤔

#iomegazip #zipdisk #archeology