Thank you, I used them back in the parallel port days also.  My 100 MB parallel 
port zip is with my parents in Scappoose.

I guess I could run CentOS 5 in Virtualbox on top of my CentOS 7 system or even 
install my Dell copy of Windows XP
in Virtualbox...  what a pain though with the activation hassle.

March 30, 2020 5:55 PM, "elcaseti ." <[email protected]> wrote:

> I seem to remember using ZIP disks on GNU/Linux many years ago. I think if
> you use an old enough version of CentOS, it will be compatible.
> 
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 3:40 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Apparently, these only work in Windows XP SP2 or SP3...
>> 
>> I tried to bring it up in 64 bit Windows 10, no luck.
>> 
>> I prefer to bring it up in CentOS 7 64 bit.
>> 
>> Starting to think that the Zip 750 is an orphan technology that isn't
>> worth having.
>> Didn't realize that I can't write to 100mb zip disks with it. Weird.
>> 
>> At least it should work with Zip 250 disks... not that I see any need to
>> go there.
>> 
>> I have an industrial P4 outfitted with an Atapi Zip 750. I was hoping to
>> replace the
>> 1.44meg floppy drive with it, but it doesn't come up as the A drive
>> (Unless you boot
>> to Freedos 1.3 from it...).
>> 
>> -- Michael C. Robinson
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