I have rescued loads of zip drives from our local recyling center and bought a couple of brand new ones in sealed boxes for under $5 locally and I live way out in the sticks. I have scsi zip drives hooked up to my A2500 and A4000 and a USB zip to my PC and it is very convienent--by far the best way I've found--for transferring files between the two. It would probably be cheaper to buy an A2000 than a Sidecar. On an A2000, zip drives are tricky but possible with an A2091 SCSI controller but they work well with GVP SCSI controllers. I have had no problems with either a GVP 4008 SCSI controller or the Z3 Fastlane I replaced it with on my A4000.
