Re: Alternative to Optical Storage????

On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 23:31:46 -0400, "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:

  I actually HAVE a gen-1 ZipDisk - parallel port.
  They were supposed to be The Future  :-)
>
  Now nothing even comes with a parallel port.
  Does anybody sell a USB->DB25 Parallel ?

If they do, the access to it would be a driver for a USB device.
The driver for the ZIP disk would be looking for the hardware registers
for a parallel port, while providing an API for a disk drive. That will
not work.

On 2024-10-05, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

I put all by ZipDisks on CD-R, and have a directory on my current
computer with them on it as well.
>
I have another computer that still runs, but the monitor died, and i
was unable to replace it. It had an SCSI connection, which was
supposed to be the future. Has anyone seen anything with a SCSI port
recently?

What vintage is that computer? Does it have PCI or PCIe expansion slots?
On eBay you can likely find a PCI or PCIe SCSI expansion board. If you
plug that in, Windows can probably find a disk device driver that works
with it. Linux would almost certainly support it.