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| From | polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> |
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: the worst storage media of all time |
| Date | Wed, 21 May 2014 08:36:40 +0100 |
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On 20/05/2014 16:09, Johny B Good wrote: > The LS120, otoh, looked way more promising (compatable with standard > 720k and 1.44M floppies and a 120MiB capacity versus the 95MiB > capacity of Zip). If LS120 drives had been cheap enough for PC manufacturers to include as standard, and available several years earlier, they might well have dominated. Like so many technological products, by the time they were available, they were obviously destined for obsolescence. There was an awkward gap between standard floppies and USB sticks big enough and cheap enough to be useful. -- Rod
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the worst storage media of all time RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-19 14:49 +0000
Re: the worst storage media of all time polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-05-19 19:34 +0100
Re: the worst storage media of all time Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-20 16:09 +0100
Re: the worst storage media of all time Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-20 16:36 +0100
Re: the worst storage media of all time Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-21 02:49 +0100
Re: the worst storage media of all time polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-05-21 08:36 +0100
Re: the worst storage media of all time Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-21 13:19 +0100
Re: the worst storage media of all time RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-21 13:07 +0000
Re: the worst storage media of all time Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-21 14:35 +0000
Re: the worst storage media of all time polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-05-21 22:40 +0100
Re: the worst storage media of all time Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-22 15:52 +0000
Re: the worst storage media of all time Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-05-22 13:53 -0600
Re: the worst storage media of all time Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-05-21 23:34 -0600
Re: the worst storage media of all time Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-05-22 02:19 -0700
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