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SuperDisk: The Better Floppy That Never Caught On

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SuperDisk: The Better Floppy That Never Caught On

Once the microcomputer era got going in earnest, the floppy disk quickly supplanted the tape as the portable storage method of choice. They were never particularly large, but they were fine for the…

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Show threadpejacobyAug 26, 2025

@avavsystems @obsoletemediauk that drive also appeared in the very short lived Imation Micro Hard Drive. We called it "padlock” but marketing didn't like that…

Released in 2005 in 2GB and 4GB capacity, $159 and $189 respectively.

Would kill the battery on your laptop - power hungry! And the Gen1 2GB version got crazy hot!
The Gen2 4GB was much cooler.

#imation

ricardo Apr 5, 2024

3M’s Floppy Disks: A Story Of Success And The Birth Of #Imation 💾

https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/3ms-floppy-disks-a-story-of-success-and-the-birth-of-imation/

3M’s Floppy Disks: A Story Of Success And The Birth Of Imation

3M, or as it was officially called until 2002, the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company is one of those odd-duck companies where if you ask what products they manufacture the answer is pretty…

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iamSKJul 17, 2023
เคยอ่านเจอคนบางคนเคยบอกว่า เก็บวันนี้ พรุ่งนี้ก็เก่า ผมก็เลยเก็บมาเรื่อย เมียบ่นบ้างเหมือนกัน 🙃🙂
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และนี่ครับ ครบเลย Disk 5.25" , Disk 3.5" , CD-RW แบบไม่แกะกล่อง เป็นของหายากแล้ว เอาไว้ขายกินในวันหน้า
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