ZIP DISKS

Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
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ZIP DISKS

By LORD BEATJITZU Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:32 pm
I know this might be a dumb question,but can I use any type of ZIP DISK for the 2000xl?
I know most of you will say to get the card reader etc..But I want to keep it ol school with the zip disk..
thanks
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Re: ZIP DISKS

By tapedeck Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:44 pm
seriously, if you want to keep it oldschool, then use floppies. zips are going to die on you - there is no such thing as a reliable zip.
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Re: ZIP DISKS

By distortedtekno Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:00 pm
LORD BEATJITZU wrote:I know this might be a dumb question,but can I use any type of ZIP DISK for the 2000xl?
I know most of you will say to get the card reader etc..But I want to keep it ol school with the zip disk..
thanks

It all depends on the capacity of the drive. Zip 100 drives can only recognize 100mb disks, 250mb drives can recognize both 250mb and 100mb disks. I'm not sure about the 750mb drives. You'll have to look into that if you want to. But I don't recommend Zip drives at all. If you wanna keep it old school, buy an MO drive. Magneto Optical is much more reliable and still as cheap if you know where to look.
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Re: ZIP DISKS

By richie Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:14 pm
...When keeping it "oldschool" makes you sound like a retard.

MO drives for an XL is more expensive than using a CF card reader.
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Re: ZIP DISKS

By distortedtekno Tue Feb 21, 2017 10:33 pm
richie wrote:MO drives for an XL is more expensive than using a CF card reader.

Yeah that's correct. IDE CF drives are $5 or so.
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Re: ZIP DISKS

By JUKE 179r Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:35 am
If you just have to use Zips, go for the Zip750. It's more reliable than the other shitty Zip 100 & 250 drives.
But... like everyone else stated, install a card reader.
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Re: ZIP DISKS

By mr_debauch Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:36 am
expect failure with zip disks... it isn't a gamble, it WILL happen... the question is...... when.

CF is also oldschool. The 2000xl didn't come stock with zip either... that was an add-on just like the memory card reader was. In fact, even SD cards came out before the 2000xl was released.
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Re: ZIP DISKS

By Lampdog Thu Feb 23, 2017 1:11 am
Best thing I ever did for my 2kxl was an atapi mcd.
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Re: ZIP DISKS

By richie Thu Feb 23, 2017 4:48 am
I prefer to use zip disks because I'm keeping it real and zip disks are analog so that they make my sounds sound more soulful.
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Re: ZIP DISKS

By JUKE 179r Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:46 am
richie wrote:I prefer to use zip disks because I'm keeping it real and zip disks are analog so that they make my sounds sound more soulful.

When keeping it real goes wrong... :lol:
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Re: ZIP DISKS

By TheUnfuckwithable Thu Feb 23, 2017 11:00 am
richie wrote:I prefer to use zip disks because I'm keeping it real and zip disks are analog so that they make my sounds sound more soulful.


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