Re: [Thinkpad] 770 ED: Zip drive to go in floppy drive slot.

Why not skip floppy/zip/CD entirely and just go to a PCMCIA adapter
for a Compact Flash card? They are very small, fast, easy to use and
are now available in 1GB, 512MB, 256MB, 128MB, 64MB and 32MB sizes.

On Fri, 30 May 2003, Rob Bell wrote:

>Michael,
>
>I'm pretty sure that there is a ZIP drive made for the 770's Ultrabay.
>That being said, I'd also suggest turning to another type of media
>unless you already have a lot of ZIP disks. They are only 100MB or
>250MB. I'd suggest getting a CD-RW for the Ultrabay. CD-RW media is
>pretty cheap and is reusable. CD-R media is very cheap and can be used
>in (virtually) any other PC.
>
>Rob
>
>mje@foxall.com.au wrote:
>> And, finally for now:
>> Is there a Zip drive that can be inserted into the floppy disk drive slot
>> of the 770 ED? I've been told variously that there is one, there isn't one,
>> that there was going to be one later on; but that was a few years ago now.
>> Does anyone know what the current situation here is?
>>
>> I've occasionally heard the suggestion that the Zip drive is already on the
>> way out, similarly to the floppy, which is apparently merely further advanced in
>> that process. If so, what are the most favoured media for transferring files
>> into and out of computers? (Dumb question maybe; but I haven't been closely
>> following the latest trends in such matters.) I just don't want to buy a piece
>> of equipment, then find it becomes more difficult to use. (I'm talking about
>> reusable media, so I don't mean C.D.-ROMs.)
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Michael Edwards.
>
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Received on Sat May 31 01:46:43 2003