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SuperDisk was my first exposure to the idea that better ideas don't always win out in technology.
by yownie 7y ago
SuperDisk was my first exposure to the idea that better ideas don't always win out in technology.
- aeyes 7y agoTo be fair it just came to market too late. Zip drives where already on the market for a couple of years with similar price and capacity and I remember them to be more popular.
- ganstyles 7y agoI had a Zip at home, we used it to back up our 800mb hard drive! Pretty wild.
- yownie 7y agoI too used zip disks, they were required for our graphic design work at our college, but the Superdisk always struck me as better because of the backwards compatibility. Not to mention Zipdisks eventual click of death
- keyle 7y agoA bit like the Sony minidisc? It was poised by Sony's tight claws on it.
- yownie 7y agopretty much like everything sony develops, remember the sony memory stick anyone?