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Did anyone have Iomega Zip drives where they studied/worked/lived? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Where I was it went from 3.5" floppies to USB drives. (There were CDs, but not as easy for things like schoolwork.)

ZIP needed a whole ecosystem of drives, so did you have that?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We had some Zip drives and later some Jaz drives running around the graphic design place where I worked way back in the day. Customers would send their files over that way.

I set up a Snap server in the DMZ with FTPS for customers to drop their files because I didn't want to deal with that shit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I set up a Snap server in the DMZ with FTPS for customers to drop their files because I didn’t want to deal with that shit.

Lol you were ahead of your time! I'm sure they appreciated not having to FedEx it or drop it off themselves.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

No, the customers were several years behind the times. They didn't want to buy flash drives even though Jaz was already discontinued a couple of years before I started working there.

Thank you for thinking this humble drunk could be an innovator though.