This is the first in my collection … or electronic museum. The warranty for the cartridge is 5-years, as opposed to lifetime before.īest of all, it wasn’t only the card I managed to get, but an actual coloured disk. Some of the text written on the card was scrubbed out by hand in software, so if you see something unusual, it’s probably just my handy-work. This is in contrast to the older package which claims Assembled in Taiwan. I’m not sure if it worked, but it did make for some iconic coloured cartidges which are still occasionally seen.įour colours are available, as per the image on the outer card, with the packaging dated 1999 and the disk Made in Malaysia. These were their late attempts to make their cartridges more attractive to home users and make them more fun by following the floppy disk manufacturers into such gimmicks. ZIP100 Colour CartridgeĪs I had earlier posted the packaging from a pristine ZIP cartridge, I thought it’d be noteworthy to show that of the ZIP100 colour cartridge series. I don’t have the adapter for it (yet) but it’s probably the same 5v 1A centre positive 2.5mm DC barrel jack adapters as used in their other models. Unlike the later pocketable ZIP drives, this one requires an external DC power adapter input, making it less portable and less convenient. As usual, there is an emergency eject hole as well. The rear has a single USB-B connector for data and a Kensington lock slot. Users of the older parallel port and SCSI ZIP 100’s would feel immediately at home, as the drive practically has the same footprint. The cartridge label window is starting to fall into the drive, a rubber foot has gone missing and the eject button plastic hinge has given way, but that’s what you expect from something of this age. This unit was made in Malaysia on 2nd August 1999, and comes complete with the over-cartridge-window label. This would have been one of their mid-early USB ZIP drives judging by the size, and has a model number of Z100USB. Say hello to the translucent blue USB ZIP drive. More on that later though … ZIP100 USB Drive These aren’t that easy to come by, especially compared to ZIP100 equipment. This week, I had something to celebrate as I finally managed to have a working ZIP250 drive and cartridge donated to me for a recovery exercise. This site’s seen quite a few postings on the ZIP drive and disks, but because of its influence, I still to this day handle ZIP disks and equipment on occasion. Here’s another one for those nostalgic people who just can’t get enough of the Iomega ZIP.
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