CATALOG REMOVABLE DISKS USING ZIP EXPLORER FOR WIN95/98/NT.Carsten Arnholm, in association with Albert's Ambry am·bry n. pl. am·bries 1. Chiefly British A pantry. 2. A niche near the altar of a church for keeping sacred vessels and vestments. , Oslo, Norway, has unveiled the latest release of Zip Explorer version 4.0 -a removable disk A disk or disk cartridge that is inserted into the drive for reading and writing and removed when not required. Using optical technologies, CDs and DVDs are the most common examples. cataloging program for Windows 95/98/NT Refers to all 32-bit versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000. It implies Windows ME and Windows 2000. It specifically excludes Windows 3.x. See Windows. . Zip Explorer allows users to catalog and find files, whether the disk is currently in its drive ('on line') or not. Using a familiar Windows Explorer-like Graphical User Interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to , Zip Explorer displays virtual representations of cataloged disks in a tree structure as if the disks are all on line all the time. The program is targeted for use with Iomega Zip drives The Zip drive is a medium-capacity removable disk storage system, introduced by Iomega in late 1994. Originally it had a capacity of 100 MB, but later versions increased this to first 250 MB and then 750 MB. , but works also for Jaz disks A removable hard disk drive from Iomega. Introduced in late 1995, Iomega startled the industry with its breakthrough price of $99 for a 1GB removable disk cartridge. Jaz was fairly popular in its niche, and 2GB drives were introduced in 1997. , CD-ROMs, SuperDisk LS-120, 1.44MB Floppies, fixed hard disks and other removable or fixed media. Zip Explorer has automatic features for cataloging zip files and their internal folder structure, including all the files contained. Users can search, browse or sort the cataloged files. A facility to find duplicate files makes it easy to save disk space. With 32MB RAM one can easily handle 80,000 files. All files and folders are presented with a familiar file icon, name, size and date in the Explorer user interface. Dates are presented using the Regional Settings defined for the user's computer. Files may be launched by double clicking the file names, and if the disk is not currently in the drive, the user will be requested to insert it. Zip Explorer 4.0 is now available, supporting Windows 95, 98 and NT4.0 from a single installation program. On-line registration is available with Albert's Ambry via http://home.sol.no/~arnholm/ . |
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