Subj : an issue with any zip-disks
To   : neoshock
From : ogg
Date : Tue Apr 29 2025 06:37 am

 ne>  Og> Wasn't there in issue with zip disks "click of death", or  
 ne>  Og> something like that?
 ne> 
 ne> I actually never heard of that, not until much later during retrospective
 ne> discussions. I went to school for 3d Animation, and was very important
 ne> to be able to save your work on a medium you had full control of, and
 ne> floppies were way to small for that. So maybe I was just lucky. Our
 ne> school had a choice of zip disks or Jazz disks. Since I already owned a
 ne> zip drive, it was what I used. I was one of the lucky ones to be able to
 ne> do some school work at home.

Here's a link that talks about the "click of death":
https://www.grc.com/tip/clickdeath.htm

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