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5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/if it was maybe 100-200 id buy because im dumb like that]]>Sep 13th 2007 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5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/B) They were much faster. Even over a parallel connection, I could play doom directly off the drive.
C) they were semi-portable, you could take the whole drive with you and just plug it in anywhere.
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The ZIP drive was a "ton" of storage in a tiny, cheap package. It became an almost instant hit with graphic designers, print shops, and sampler owners.]]>Sep 13th 2007 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/
PC World named the Zip Drive the 15th Worst tech product of all time. PC World also named it the 23rd Best Tech product of all time. So apparently I was half right.

I guess since there was no real competitor for higher storage capacity it was a good product. Kind of like if the Playsatation 3 existed in a world without a 360 or a Wii. If I wanted to play video games on my TV id have to buy a PS3. No matter how bad a product it is.
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And like some of the above, I'm still enjoying my Dreamcast to this day.]]>Sep 13th 2007 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/
A) There is only one of these drives on the planet.

B) The only other time this drive has ever been seen anywhere was behind glass at E3 2000 next to a mockup of a Dreamcast DVD player, with a very tiny shot of it in Game Informer.

So, if this guy made this entire thing up, hats off to him, hes f***ing brilliant.]]>Sep 13th 2007 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/
Fact of the matter is, during the Zip's heyday, it was about the best you could do to have portable, rewritable, cheap (relatively), large storage. Pretend for a moment that it's not 2007. Gear existed in the 90s, there were these things called "modems" that connected at rip-roaring speeds of 28kbps and sometimes even LOWER! SHOCK!

Which brings us back on-topic - I'm sure there are plenty of crazy nostalgic nerds out there who would love nothing more than to have a $10k zip drive for their Dreamcast.

Just wait 'til 10 years from now when we're laughing at Blu-rays and HD-DVDs - "honestly, why was there even a format war now that we have 100TB drives embedded in our brains! Haw! Loozers!"]]>Sep 13th 2007 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 14th 2007 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/ebay-auction-reveals-prototype-dreamcast-zip-drive/Sep 13th 2007 9:00PM