It was a pretty good format while it lasted.  I jumped on the high-capacity storage (remember when 100MB was a lot a storage?) bandwagon back in 1996 and for several years afterwards, ZIP disks were my preferred archive choice.  Considering I just bought some&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/new-disks/dp/B00004Z6PR/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">new disks</a>&nbsp;in 2014, it should give the reader a hint about the influence that the ZIP format had.