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I would like to see the 3.5" floppy do a comeback, for instance as a 1TB+ flash drive. It is large enough that you can comfortably handle it physically and labe
by pvdebbe 11y ago
I would like to see the 3.5" floppy do a comeback, for instance as a 1TB+ flash drive. It is large enough that you can comfortably handle it physically and label it, maybe it could be a small throwback to the age of floppies and zip drives.
- ant6n 11y agoAnd nowadays the write back buffer could be on the device itself, and as you hit the 'eject' button it could use the power from a small capacitor to commit it to the disk. Thus no separate 'eject' in the operating system - pop it out and go. They could replace Blu Ray with this new format, so all those sci-movies in the 80ies where there are films on floppys - those will turn out to be right.
- Namrog84 11y agoAs cool as that'd be and my first thought as well. Then I realized the fat that most all laptops and tablets out there that Re too thin to ever handle something like that makes me think it's less likely to happen.
- Crespyl 11y agoAt that size you could even get fancy and throw in an e-ink re-writable label, which could be used for anything from archive manifests to album art. No need for power on the disk, since that can be provided by the drive during write. I love that we can fit tens of GB in a space the size of a fingernail, but it does get rather fiddly to pass around. USB thumbdrives are nice, but are thick enough that they don't really stack up well, or fit into folders and binders nicely. The 3.5" form factor really is kind of a sweet spot for more than just nostalgia, IMO.