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| From | SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape |
| References | <116g0jl$2apg7$1@dont-email.me> <nf1plaF5rktU29@mid.individual.net> <20260825112508.1600f06a9da77e28ec7715cc@127.0.0.1> <nf7b1nFj154U10@mid.individual.net> |
| Date | 2026-08-26 15:02 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <1787756575-14325@newsgrouper.org> (permalink) |
| Organization | spallshurgenson@gmail.com |
rbowman <bowman@montana.com> posted: > On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:25:08 +0100, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote: > > > So where's the floppy drive revival?!! > > Or the IOmega 100 MB zip drives? Now there was storage! It really was. I remember the sheer /joy/ of using my Zip drive. 100MB (give or take) on a single removable disk felt like magic. Gone were the days where you'd have to split files over multiple disks to transport them to another computer; with Zip you'd copy whole directories in one go! And it even was fast enough to run programs from (well, some programs. Doom worked, but you really felt the difference in transfer speeds!). Zip drives not only made transfer easier, it got rid of those piles of floppies cluttering the place, and made it much easier to back stuff up. It really transformed the way I used files and computers; moreso than did CD-R or thumb-drives. It felt so incredibly revolutionary and to this day there's a part of me that is still surprised that it didn't have more of an impact on the industry. What really killed Zip-disk usage for me and mine wasn't better storage mediums like optical disks... instead, it was networking. Wiring up all the computers into a cheap LAN negated a lot of ZIP's advantages; transport was a doddle, a centralized file-server negated the need for huge hard-drives (or lots of zip disks) on local, and everything was more easily backed up. Optical and solid-state definitely ate into Zip-disk's raison d'être, but it was cheap and easy networking that really put the nail into its coffin. At least for us. But until that point... magic!
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Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-24 02:47 +0000
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Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-08-26 15:02 +0000
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-26 18:54 +0200
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-27 00:48 +0000
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-27 08:39 +0200
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-27 21:10 +0000
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-08-28 14:53 +0000
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-28 22:22 +0000
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Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-08-29 15:47 -0400
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Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-29 21:07 +0000
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-08-30 12:18 -0400
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-08-30 20:36 +0000
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-31 03:09 +0000
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Re: Connector, plugs and socket naming (was: Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape) Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-08-31 10:18 +0000
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Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-30 10:24 +0100
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-30 20:00 +0000
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Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-27 01:22 +0000
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape Daniel <me@fuhgitabutit.com> - 2026-08-28 01:09 -0700
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Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-28 08:45 -0700
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Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-08-29 09:55 -0400
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-08-25 15:07 -0400
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-26 05:13 +0000
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-26 18:08 +0000
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-27 00:45 +0000
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-08-27 11:58 -0400
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-08-26 14:11 +0000
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-27 00:52 +0000
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-27 08:44 +0200
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