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They Made a Zip Drive.. for your TV?! (youtube.com)
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In the dying days of the Zip drive, IOMEGA made one... that hooks up to your TV. Was this a good idea? Or a poorly-executed and frustrating act of desperation? Tune in to find out!

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[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago

Same with normal floppy disks. Their reliability was abysmal, as was their longevity.