Using Zip Drives in Laopard

I have a hundreds of files on 100 megabyte zip drives. I can use these zip drives on my old G-3 but I want to use them on my new iMac also, and the new iMac does not have a built in zip drive.
I found a 100 megabyte Iomega USB zip drive on eBay. It comes with the zip drivers on a CD. Will these zip drivers install and work on System 10?
MultiMacs

There are drivers built into OS X for zip drives, but they're limited. You should be able to connect a USB zip drive and be able to access your data. Here's the info on iomega's site:
Drivers for 10.3 and 10.4
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"I may be persistent and attempt to drill holes in the correct position in the front of the Quicksilver chassis."
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Hi, RaptorRed67 -
Does the fact that the Zip drive read light comes on at startup and stays on for minutes to hours afterwards bear any clues?
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1 GHz PowerPC G4
768 MB DDR SDRAM
external hard disk 500 GB
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Many years ago I stored/copied my photos onto a Iomega Zip Drive cassette. Subsequently I lost everything in a computer malfunction which Apple Store could not fix; they ultimately replaced my computer. The computer that I was using when I used the Iomega Zip Drive was a Mac Quadra, not an iMac. Unfortunately, I had not backed up anything so the only thing that I have from the time prior to the malfunction is what I have stored on these Zip Drive cassettes and on the hard drive of the iMac that malfunctioned and was replaced with a new iMac. The photos that I really want to get are those of my husband who has since passed away.
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http://web.mac.com/lorna6
17" flatscreen iMac, 1 GHz Power PC G4, 768 MB DDR SDRAM Mac OS X (10.4.7) LaCie external hard drive, 111 Gigabytes, iPhoto 6.0.4, Canoscan scanner

Lorna, I'm sorry to hear of your loss.
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mrtotes

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