RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seBM to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 4 months agoWhy Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnightwww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squaremimavox@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoWhy were they called zip drives to begin with? Was it related to the compression format, or just a marketing thing?
minus-squareBJW@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI believe it was a reference to the speed of writing, compared to the alternative of floppies.
Why were they called zip drives to begin with? Was it related to the compression format, or just a marketing thing?
I believe it was a reference to the speed of writing, compared to the alternative of floppies.