if this Zip 100 parallel drive I've got on order is broken, then I'm gonna give up on Zip and try to get some magneto-optical stuff. Optical seems to be where it's at for reliability and stability in high-density removable storage, and magneto-optical is basically like minidisc but for data (Data MD doesn't count), and I believe dates back even earlier than Zip ever did, so it could definitely still be used for interfacing data with old computers. Also they look cooler.
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SyQuest or bust. 🤘
(P.S.: They weren't that much more reliable, although the drive mechanisms tended to pack up less.)
From what I understand SyQuest was basically swappable hard drive platters, which iomega also did with their Jaz drive lineup. Haven't heard much about click of death from Jaz drives nor SyQuest offerings - though I have heard SyQuest's final product line, the "EzFlyer" was unreliable and cheaply built in its own ways lol