Ugh...I used to use Zip disks extensively but a problem embedded into many
Iomega Zip drives called the "Click of Death" has rendered it unusable,
potentially wiping all the data on a disk I had (which contained one of my
primitive conlangs). I still don't know if the disk is OK because technical
support hasn't been too helpful...
That's my experience with Zip drives :P.
Imperative
> I could spare one of my 250 MB Zip disks for that purpose. I
> don't know how
> long a Zip disk lasts, but I'm sure by the time it becomes important
> there'll be some other storage format I can transfer everything to.
> Unfortunately, my 56K modem gets 28.8 at best and ordinarily 26.4! So I
> rarely download more than 10 MB of anything in one day (and please don't
> send me large amounts of data in email without checking first!)
>