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Why Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnight (www.xda-developers.com)
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[โ€“] mimavox@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why were they called zip drives to begin with? Was it related to the compression format, or just a marketing thing?

[โ€“] Epp@lemmus.org 2 points 2 days ago

I believe it was a reference to the speed of writing, compared to the alternative of floppies.