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One could cheat and run a SuperDisk drive, with 120 MB! Though that's not in the spirit of the game.

by geerlingguy 8mo ago

KellyCriterion 8mo ago
but do you remember ZIP-drives? :-) (was that the name?)
- ErroneousBosh 8mo ago
  I have a bunch of them, some SCSI ones in old samplers.
- entangledqubit 8mo ago
  Yes. Along with the feared click of death.
- vee-kay 8mo ago
  Yes! Superfloppy! Iomega's awesome Zip drive disk (100MB, 250MB, 750MB capacities) , I think I still have a 250MB zip drive somewhere in my home attic. They required a dedicated zip drive (took up same sized slot/bay as a floppy disk drive), but (if I recall right) that drive was backward compatible standard 3&1⁄2-inch 1.44MB floppy disks. Interestingly, these drive also came in variants to work with different types of interfaces: IDE, ATAPI, USB, SCSI, FireWire. Zip drives filled the portable storage niche, until CDs and DVDs replaced their need. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive I found it cool that floppies and superfloppies had label stickers on which we can write (with a sketch pen) to remind the user of what content the disk is intended for. There were some nice cameras that used Zip disks for storage! Very convenient for photographers working on multiple projects or sessions. https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/prototypes-rarities/item/zipcam https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/prototypes-rarities/it...
  - chungy 8mo ago
    > They required a dedicated zip drive (took up same sized slot/bay as a floppy disk drive), but (if I recall right) that drive was backward compatible standard 3&1⁄2-inch 1.44MB floppy disks. Zip was a completely unique physical format, and had no backwards compatibility with standard 3½" disks. SuperDisk, on the other hand (in both the LS-120 and LS-240 variants) was backwards compatible with standard floppy disks in the same drive.
  - KellyCriterion 8mo ago
    ZIP Drives died as Minidisc died: MD was a very proper medium, but the inventors made some wrong decissions
wowczarek 8mo ago
Hey, my oscilloscope has one of those!

One could cheat and run a SuperDisk drive, with 120 MB! Though that's not in the spirit of the game.

KellyCriterion 8mo ago

but do you remember ZIP-drives? :-) (was that the name?)

ErroneousBosh 8mo ago
I have a bunch of them, some SCSI ones in old samplers.
entangledqubit 8mo ago
Yes. Along with the feared click of death.
vee-kay 8mo ago
Yes! Superfloppy! Iomega's awesome Zip drive disk (100MB, 250MB, 750MB capacities) , I think I still have a 250MB zip drive somewhere in my home attic. They required a dedicated zip drive (took up same sized slot/bay as a floppy disk drive), but (if I recall right) that drive was backward compatible standard 3&1⁄2-inch 1.44MB floppy disks. Interestingly, these drive also came in variants to work with different types of interfaces: IDE, ATAPI, USB, SCSI, FireWire. Zip drives filled the portable storage niche, until CDs and DVDs replaced their need. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive I found it cool that floppies and superfloppies had label stickers on which we can write (with a sketch pen) to remind the user of what content the disk is intended for. There were some nice cameras that used Zip disks for storage! Very convenient for photographers working on multiple projects or sessions. https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/prototypes-rarities/item/zipcam https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/prototypes-rarities/it...
- chungy 8mo ago
  > They required a dedicated zip drive (took up same sized slot/bay as a floppy disk drive), but (if I recall right) that drive was backward compatible standard 3&1⁄2-inch 1.44MB floppy disks. Zip was a completely unique physical format, and had no backwards compatibility with standard 3½" disks. SuperDisk, on the other hand (in both the LS-120 and LS-240 variants) was backwards compatible with standard floppy disks in the same drive.
- KellyCriterion 8mo ago
  ZIP Drives died as Minidisc died: MD was a very proper medium, but the inventors made some wrong decissions

wowczarek 8mo ago

Hey, my oscilloscope has one of those!