Ed Vance wrote to Mortar M. <=-
Speaking of the media being flexible.
When the Zip Drive began selling I wasn't wanting to buy one of them because a couple years earlier I saw a 40MB SyQuest removable disk hard drive had Metal media inside its plastic case.
The Zip Drive media was flexible as Flopoies are.
SyQuest staered advertising that they were going to make a EZ-135 Drive and I waited until they sold it and got one because the media was metal just like the platter in a HDD is .
SyQuest went out of business shortly later.
Quoting Mortar M. to Nigel Reed <=-
Then again, [why] are 3 1/2" disks called floppies because they're not floppy at all.
Depends on your perspective. True, the outer shell isn't floppy, but
the actual media is.
Quoting Roon to Phigan <=-
Do you think it's acceptable to call a PC optical drive a
"player"? I feel like that's not even really accurate, because
when you're watching
It totally bugs me when it's acceptable to call things what they
aren't!
like calling something 'milk' when it's not coming from a mammal? :)
Quoting Nightfox to Roon <=-
Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
By: Roon to phigan on Fri Apr 25 2025 02:01 pm
It totally bugs me when it's acceptable to call things what they aren't!
like calling something 'milk' when it's not coming from a mammal? :)
Yeah.. How exactly do you milk an almond? :P
The Zip Drive is mostly dead, failed, but the SyQuest drive and Disks mostly work.
When the Zip Drive began selling I wasn't wanting to buy one of them because a couple years earlier I saw a 40MB SyQuest removable disk hard drive had Metal media inside its plastic case.
SyQuest staered advertising that they were going to make a EZ-135 Drive and I waited until they sold it and got one because the media was metal just like the platter in a HDD is .
SyQuest went out of business shortly later. Ed
Quoting Nightfox to Ed Vance <=-
Re: Got Floppy?
I thought the late 90s was an interesting time with all those
different removable media formats being released - especilly with 2 different ones from the same company (Syquest's Sparq and the 440MB
one you mentioned).
I wonder how many companies have an
Depends on your perspective. True, the outer shell isn't floppy, but the actual media is.i love my 5.25" 13cm DISKS! those are PEAK COOL!
They're hard on the outside and floppy in the innards! 5 1/2" disks are
floppy on the inside and the outside. And one more thing, stationary
mice have bigger balls.
Technology is like a river...
8 inch, 5.25 inch, 3.5 inch, single sided, double sided, low density,
high density...
It's like floating down a river, once you pass that dock there's no
going back. Unless, like me you stop there and are happy with the
place. My 386 has both 5.25 and 3.5 inch drives. Until they quit
working, I'm happy with them.
Quoting Mary4 to Cougar428 <=-
They're hard on the outside and floppy in the innards! 5 1/2" disks are
floppy on the inside and the outside. And one more thing, stationary
mice have bigger balls.
LMAO XD
this is too funny!
Quoting Mary4 to Cougar428 <=-
Technology is like a river...
8 inch, 5.25 inch, 3.5 inch, single sided, double sided, low density,
high density...
It's like floating down a river, once you pass that dock there's no
going back. Unless, like me you stop there and are happy with the
place. My 386 has both 5.25 and 3.5 inch drives. Until they quit
working, I'm happy with them.
i love my working disks and drives too!
Depends on your perspective. True, the outer shell isn't floppy, but the actual media is.i love my 5.25" 13cm DISKS! those are PEAK COOL!
Quoting Mary4 to Cougar428 <=-
Technology is like a river...
8 inch, 5.25 inch, 3.5 inch, single sided, double sided, low density,
high density...
It's like floating down a river, once you pass that dock there's no
going back. Unless, like me you stop there and are happy with the
place. My 386 has both 5.25 and 3.5 inch drives. Until they quit
working, I'm happy with them.
i love my working disks and drives too!
I guess we're part of an exclusive club!
I know there are better and more efficient ways to store and use data,
but this tech is what I know and grew on. Yeah, I do have newer systems
but my old ones keep on churning data for me.
Have a great day!
They're great, but i'm a 3.5" inch enjoyer... Peak floppy.i can respect that! <3
Nightfox wrote to Digital Man <=-
I've been seeing more and more posts online recently where people have said they've gotten back to buying (or started buying) physical media because they're frustrated with streaming services removing things &
such.
jimmylogan wrote to Nightfox <=-
You'd buy a record and have to go through the trouble of
playing it - so you didn't just skip to the next one, etc.
I've been seeing more and more posts online recently where people have
said they've gotten back to buying (or started buying) physical media
because they're frustrated with streaming services removing things &
such.
A buddy of mine was telling me today about a book he found called "Revenge of Analog." It's about the cultural shift of buying physical media.
We talked about back in the day when you'd see a comic on the shelf / spinner rack and that's how you learned about it!
You'd buy a record and have to go through the trouble of playing it - so you didn't just skip to the next one, etc.
Quoting Boraxman to Cougar428 <=-
I've got two systems which have both a HD 3.5" and 5.25" drives, plus
an additional one or two of each in other machines. Heaps of disks,
but I'm reluctant to use them as they need to be treated with care are
are appraoching an age were reading them can just cause damage. -!-
I usually bought cassettes, lending themselves more to listening
I'm a 3.5" inch enjoyer...
LOL XDI'm a 3.5" inch enjoyer...
There's a joke in there somewhere.
Nightfox wrote to jimmylogan <=-
Re: Is a PC optical drive a "
By: jimmylogan to Nightfox on Fri May 09 2025 11:10 pm
I've been seeing more and more posts online recently where people have
said they've gotten back to buying (or started buying) physical media
because they're frustrated with streaming services removing things &
such.
A buddy of mine was telling me today about a book he found called "Revenge of Analog." It's about the cultural shift of buying physical media.
The title feels like a bit of a misnomer.. A lot of the physical media
in use today (CDs, DVDs, blu-ray, 4K blu-ray) are digital formats. And
I still feel like the use of the term "digital" to refer to online streaming is a little weird (since the aforementioned physical formats
are digital media).
I don't recall if I'd seen that, but that's cool. I do remember in the late 90s/early 2000s, some music stores (such as Tower Records) started having spots on the rack with headphones and would let you choose from
a selection of albums or songs to listen to.
8 inch, 5.25 inch, 3.5 inch, single sided, double sided, low density
high density...
It's like floating down a river, once you pass that dock there's no
going back. Unless, like me you stop there and are happy with the
place. My 386 has both 5.25 and 3.5 inch drives. Until they quit
working, I'm happy with them.
paul wrote to mary4 <=-
Still using my 5.25 drive on my Atari 800 and 130xe computers!
Still using my 5.25 drive on my Atari 800 and 130xe computers!nice! <3
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