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Vintage Zip Drive
I've actually got a Zip 100 SCSI drive sitting around with a ton of disks. Cost a ton when it was new, but now it's just an antique paperweight...
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Vintage Zip Drive  nathanmiller | 10/11/09
Vintage Zip 100 Drive  Professor8 | 10/12/09
zip drive enclosure  nfiertel | 10/12/09
Vintage Zip 100 Drive  BoneLazy | 10/13/09
Vintage Zip 100 Drive  Dirk6665 | 10/13/09
Re: Vintage Zip Drive  CTOSea | 10/12/09
I still have my old syquest drive!  athynz | 10/12/09
Real Original SyQuest drives were 5MB  rattlesnake0407 | 10/12/09
LS-120/240  WarhavenSC | 10/12/09
I was disappointed...  Thunderbuck | 10/12/09
True in my experience...  JasonJD48 | 10/12/09
Better in theory than in reality  d.s.williams | 10/13/09
Too little, too late  dave@... | 10/13/09
LS-120 never had a chance  Worth2Cents | 10/21/09
Vintage ZIP drive  miker00lz | 10/12/09
ZIP is good.  NBSF | 10/12/09
I used to have a Click of death webpage  greatnewproducts | 10/12/09
My Zip Drive killed my computer  gallde | 10/13/09
Zip drive  barnicks@... | 10/13/09
ZIPs also fit in a shirt pocket....  LittleFishy | 10/12/09
Stopping the Spin!  RodPera | 10/12/09
Beware of 'spin' in BOTH senses of the word  mejohnsn | 10/12/09
Vintage Zip Drive  Xnert | 10/12/09
Optical storage is not a dead end  Lerianis10 | 10/11/09
So you believe the optical vendors?  R Harris ZDNet Moderator | 10/11/09
Media  StoneSatellite | 10/12/09
Remanence in digital storage is becoming more ephemeral every day!  Irritated_User | 10/12/09
No matter what the storage media is ...  mwagner@... | 10/12/09
1000 year storage  Carrie Johnson | 10/12/09
1000 year storage - cute!  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
Take a picture  worldnick | 10/12/09
For examples of even Longer Storage  mejohnsn | 10/12/09
You scoff, but...  Worth2Cents | 10/21/09
1000 year storage  scottl@... | 10/12/09
Clarification Points & Practical Examples of the Fragility of Stored Data.  Irritated_User | 10/13/09
archival storage  Mike_ | 10/17/09
Is a reader of the data...  arminw | 10/12/09
Less? Where have you been?  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
Just another trade-off ...  mwagner@... | 10/12/09
I agree about the year 4000  TranMan | 10/12/09
But no, you see it coming..  dave@... | 10/13/09
Remanence in digital storage is becoming more ephemeral every day!  vilppuu@... | 10/13/09
Archival CDs  WarhavenSC | 10/12/09
So You Believe The Optical Vendors.  pjones | 10/12/09
SD limits?  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
All components will go the way of the zip drive...  Cayble | 10/12/09
You said ...  mwagner@... | 10/12/09
There are so many things that can go wrong  JM1981 | 10/12/09
But the Same goes for Magnetic  mejohnsn | 10/12/09
Using a computer in general begs for some good luck...  Cayble | 10/12/09
Robin! You're Missing One Point! Security!!!  i2fun@... | 10/12/09
You don't get it  tbcass | 10/13/09
Hey, I have some 10 year old DVD-R's  Lerianis10 | 10/17/09
SSDs are being used now!  Patanjali | 10/11/09
SSDs  codeguy007 | 10/12/09
Uh, CD's are not re-writable.  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
False Generalization  mejohnsn | 10/12/09
CD are so Re-Writeable  pjalm | 10/13/09
As they are now, sure  voska1 | 10/14/09
Very Good Point  mejohnsn | 10/12/09
As you say, Price IS important  mejohnsn | 10/12/09
Got to agree with you  Gerardo.Tasistro | 10/12/09
Will your great grandchildren be...  arminw | 10/12/09
"cactus thorn glued to some stiff paper."  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
Make a copy  worldnick | 10/12/09
Don't know  Gerardo.Tasistro | 10/12/09
Personally  athynz | 10/12/09
Yes, yes it is...  Thunderbuck | 10/12/09
HD-DVD might (or might not) have been ...  mwagner@... | 10/12/09
True on the licensing costs...  Thunderbuck | 10/12/09
I Agree  mlbslugger | 10/12/09
Chinese are taking over HD-DVD  Chad_z | 10/12/09
China Blue..  dave@... | 10/13/09
Missing details about HD-DVD  dave@... | 10/13/09
Blu-Ray didn't "win" the war  Narg | 10/13/09
You're confused  dave@... | 10/13/09
there is a big advantage  hectormacias | 10/12/09
Hope those "optical formats" are long-life types...  kaninelupus | 10/14/09
Do you hand out hard drives?  Robert Crocker | 10/12/09
The last time I burned a CD to send through the mail was over a year ago.  John238 | 10/12/09
Transferring Big Files  RBCalvert | 10/12/09
I Don't Think You Know What A "Big" File Is  Onideus_Mad_Hatter | 10/12/09
re: Onideus_Mad_Hatter  WarhavenSC | 10/12/09
As they always said  Robert Crocker | 10/12/09
Why not use pony express?  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
It depends...  Silver J | 10/12/09
I've upload 50 GB datafiles  voska1 | 10/14/09
RE: The last time I burned a CD...  bmkamer | 10/12/09
re: Broadband Stimulus  WarhavenSC | 10/12/09
Facebook & email need small photos. CD/DVD can stoe high-res photos  Emilio_z | 10/12/09
Uh, for small pictures fast, download.  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
Save your pity  deowll | 10/13/09
While the www alows...  windozefreak | 10/12/09
There is still a need for optical! ???  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
Well, yes, we Know what the Article is About  mejohnsn | 10/12/09
Hand out size  ashepard@... | 10/12/09
The Vinyl Comeback should be a Reminder!  i2fun@... | 10/12/09
Old 78s or wax cylinders....  arminw | 10/12/09
They all go the way of any archaic technology.  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
It's a fad, not a rationale  dave@... | 10/13/09
What drive?  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
SD has the same cost issue as USB thumb drives.  Robert Crocker | 10/12/09
Exactly...  dave@... | 10/13/09
You don't have an HD video camera do you?  deowll | 10/13/09
They're replaceable for a reason...  dave@... | 10/14/09
Probably  PedroTabs | 10/12/09
well said!  Linux Geek | 10/12/09
I have external hard drives. Large ones.  deowll | 10/13/09
Disc spindles don't crash and burn  JRude | 10/12/09
DVD-RWs  codeguy007 | 10/12/09
CD-R and DVD-R disk life: 5 to 8 years  AtlantaTerry | 10/12/09
Skeptical of this  scott1329 | 10/12/09
Point Of Fact  Onideus_Mad_Hatter | 10/12/09
magnetic media  techr@... | 10/12/09
CD's have "No moving parts." ???  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  mediamanrit | 10/12/09
Disks are big, really BIG now.  outpastpluto | 10/12/09
Disks  mediamanrit | 10/12/09
Download that much data?  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
If HDD's are sooo Reliable, Why do we backup?  windozefreak | 10/12/09
Optical is not dead.  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  anthony@... | 10/12/09
Look At The Long Term Though  Onideus_Mad_Hatter | 10/12/09
I'll call you on that  Thunderbuck | 10/12/09
You can't tell the BluRay fanboys that  UAC nanny screen | 10/12/09
Long term? Not CD's, sorry.  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
Well, there's that...  dave@... | 10/13/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  hector_pasi@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  arwalden | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  blackfalconsoftware@... | 10/12/09
You forget..  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
All of us do not think so...  windozefreak | 10/12/09
a matter of definitions  mndsf890j | 10/12/09
For archives, maybe...  Thunderbuck | 10/12/09
Fast is not everything. Remember the hare won the race.  windozefreak | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  SAPbrick | 10/12/09
Optical is unreliable  codeguy007 | 10/12/09
Uh...No  Onideus_Mad_Hatter | 10/12/09
Tape storage  DNSB | 10/12/09
...depends on the tape.  outpastpluto | 10/12/09
I have some that were burned on the first equipment; still readible.  windozefreak | 10/12/09
Some tape yes, some tape no...  dave@... | 10/13/09
Optical storage - not for backups  alec.wood@... | 10/12/09
Nothing is 100%, I have a small stack of tapes that won't read.  invmgr@... | 10/12/09
As usual, silliness from Robin  croberts | 10/12/09
Umm Really  codeguy007 | 10/12/09
Correction  dave@... | 10/13/09
Optical is immune from physical stock (drops)  d.s.williams | 11/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  Flybye | 10/12/09
We've been hearing about...  Thunderbuck | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  svelletri@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  pdickey43@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  benjaminhwilbur@... | 10/12/09
I have a music player that works well in my car...  windozefreak | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  hnhmailbox-tr@... | 10/12/09
Blu-Ray is NOT competitive  Narg | 10/12/09
Bang on.  Thunderbuck | 10/12/09
It's subjective  trent1 | 10/12/09
Back in early 80s...  dave@... | 10/13/09
"quantum leap"  d.s.williams | 11/12/09
re: Blue-Ray  WarhavenSC | 10/12/09
BluRay  pjalm | 10/13/09
You're confused  dave@... | 10/13/09
Ah BUT!  d.s.williams | 11/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  evay1 | 10/12/09
Floppy Dilemma  rjeuch@... | 10/12/09
Won't be an issue going forward  Thunderbuck | 10/12/09
Some people NEED floppies  Wilburysfan | 10/12/09
What sort of machines are they? nt  Thunderbuck | 10/12/09
Type of machine  Wilburysfan | 10/13/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  Hameiri | 10/12/09
Blu-Ray is dead...  Narg | 10/12/09
Applications...  dave@... | 10/13/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  Jeff_D_Programmer | 10/12/09
Safety?  Narg | 10/12/09
Not quite  trent1 | 10/12/09
Netscape's "HD"...  dave@... | 10/13/09
For many people...  Thunderbuck | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  jhimes | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  Vailhem@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  onedavester@... | 10/12/09
No more bloody computers, morning, noon and night  leegee | 10/12/09
Funny...  Narg | 10/12/09
They are already available.  nick@... | 10/12/09
Flash Memory  Budster1 | 10/12/09
Mine Does  WarhavenSC | 10/12/09
Now  trent1 | 10/12/09
Funny...  dave@... | 10/13/09
Video on USB stick  d.s.williams | 11/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  l.sarrazin@... | 10/12/09
Rediculous.  CaptOska | 10/12/09
Hard Drives Are More Expensive Than DVD R's  gccradioscience@... | 10/12/09
I guess it depends on how you define "dead"  Thunderbuck | 10/12/09
Well, yeah, but...  dave@... | 10/13/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  GpaKen | 10/12/09
still nice for consumers  marks055@... | 10/12/09
boycott ISPs  brandon@... | 10/12/09
Re: boycott ISPs  dan@... | 10/12/09
being stuck...  sir_cheats_alot@... | 10/12/09
I know the feeling I have satelite  marks055@... | 10/12/09
Glad to cap for comcast  Fletchguy | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  jmgdalton | 10/12/09
I can only WISH for broadband, sigh  itsme@... | 10/12/09
Price?  Fletchguy | 10/12/09
re: Price?  sir_cheats_alot@... | 10/12/09
And you're right...  Thunderbuck | 10/12/09
me too.  sir_cheats_alot@... | 10/12/09
Broadband...  rm6565 | 10/12/09
Fact of the matter is  Michael Kelly | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  devinhilton | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  arkware | 10/12/09
You forgot archival storage  scott1329 | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  skyedrummer | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  xbjllb | 10/12/09
What replaces Blu-Ray...  dave@... | 10/13/09
I rather buy a hard drive for backing things up  Randalllind | 10/12/09
Best backup methods...  Narg | 10/12/09
Put hard drive in another house  ashepard@... | 10/12/09
Offsite backup...  Narg | 10/12/09
That's Probably The Absolute Worst Idea Ever  Onideus_Mad_Hatter | 10/12/09
Online backup  Narg | 10/12/09
I have nothing against...  dave@... | 10/13/09
Right you are!  flboffin | 10/12/09
Optical is not going anywhere....  condelirios | 10/12/09
Movies...  Narg | 10/12/09
You're confused  dave@... | 10/13/09
More research  trent1 | 10/12/09
Uhh the missing link?  stonehenge@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  Romano4444 | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  razorb | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  PC Repair | 10/12/09
Hot topic, yeah  bgrove777 | 10/12/09
Iomega Zip not "insanely popular" - more like "insanely expensive"  dave_helmut | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  jchartra@... | 10/12/09
Blue Ray Flaws in General  RS_1 | 10/12/09
I totally agee  OhKrud | 10/12/09
Well, yeah...  dave@... | 10/13/09
You're missing history here..  dave@... | 10/13/09
Don't rely on optical  Narg | 10/12/09
No  Onideus_Mad_Hatter | 10/12/09
Zooming in...  Narg | 10/12/09
So because we didn't have the ability to zoom before  Michael Kelly | 10/12/09
There are those storage vendors: FAST LTA!  Bart-Jan | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  tentaro@... | 10/12/09
New FileSystem needed for SSD (SSD-FS, perhaps?)  dave_helmut | 10/12/09
Flash file systems have been around for awhile in embedded systems  matt.eagar | 10/12/09
Optical storage does not have to be spinning disk  Professor8 | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  remoran@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  ScottyJavea | 10/12/09
Side question...  jeff.fostermedia@... | 10/12/09
This article is actually vague and misguiding.  Qix77 | 10/12/09
RIP, or not  rightwingnutter | 10/12/09
I have to agree ...  mwagner@... | 10/12/09
Digital Distribution is cool and all, but...  wcecsharp@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  pwn0tr0n | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  jjourard | 10/12/09
Untill some one comes out with a Tera Byte capacity.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/12/09
I just wish quality wouldn't die with it  Breetai | 10/12/09
I've been through all of those!  DataFerret | 10/12/09
My Iomega ZIP 100 died the Click Of Death...  chas_2 | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  emaher@... | 10/12/09
Really crap article actually.  miker00lz | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  birdmaniw | 10/12/09
They really aren't...  dave@... | 10/13/09
Media cost-a mini historical perspective  larry@... | 10/13/09
Aren't we talking about two different things?  mwagner@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  jrbeaman | 10/12/09
Magnetic media is all but dead...  JM1981 | 10/12/09
What is "oreliability" with two dots on top of "o?"  Grayson Peddie | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  magosilvan | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP/BRAVO! on your argument  larry@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  akaralia | 10/12/09
There's 'dead' and dead.  wizodd@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  Silvermane | 10/12/09
Store your CD-Rs in the dark  Jack-Booted EULA | 10/12/09
Zip disks are actually very long lived!  ximhot | 10/12/09
Online Storage Will Win.  rm6565 | 10/12/09
I'll listen to your opinion  A.Lizard | 10/12/09
I'm not so convinced  wheres_my_stuff | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  flapinux | 10/12/09
Umm...  dave@... | 10/13/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  jeff.fostermedia@... | 10/12/09
Long live optical media  phatkat | 10/12/09
Online backup storage?  A.Lizard | 10/12/09
"... will let you download it again"  grail@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  JRude | 10/12/09
You're dead wrong, Mr. Harris, and here's why  Tony R. | 10/12/09
You MUST be overstating some of the Failure Rates  mejohnsn | 10/12/09
Not time to retire optical at home-YET!  arthurhaglund@... | 10/12/09
Better burned plastic than magnetized transistors  Karakasa | 10/12/09
Optical Storage not RIP  DDSCentral | 10/12/09
Discs Not Dead Yet  alain@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  kevsan | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  mejohnsn | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  bgavin | 10/12/09
Yup...  dave@... | 10/13/09
Long-term photo storage  tony.stieber@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  Arnett | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  Sabatian Hiddink | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  sedelson | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  JD_Mortal | 10/12/09
Your 10 Layer Blu Ray Disc Can Happen  gccradioscience@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  rdhalsteatzd | 10/12/09
RE: Anyone want to buy a vintage USB Zip drive?  pyropakjim@... | 10/12/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  the-toon | 10/12/09
Optical won't die, but will become niche  JasonJD48 | 10/12/09
Hmmmmm  didier.m.rousseau@... | 10/13/09
HDDs  JasonJD48 | 10/13/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  rwwriley@... | 10/13/09
CNC memory in yards  ZEEK0 | 10/13/09
No, not quite  dave@... | 10/13/09
There are no options actually  green alien | 10/13/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  dave@... | 10/13/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  AndyPagin | 10/13/09
You never heard...  dave@... | 10/13/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  tom@... | 10/13/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  alewisa | 10/13/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  deowll | 10/13/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  deowll | 10/13/09
Optical Storage Ahead of its Time  tomam | 10/14/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  NCWeber | 10/14/09
I haven't burned a CD in years  voska1 | 10/14/09
HUGE assumption #1  IslandBoy_77 | 10/14/09
I'm still using zip disks  LeonBA | 10/16/09
BD prices ARE coming down.. FAST!  Herrie | 10/17/09
Prices...  Narg | 10/18/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  shanedr | 10/18/09
RE: Optical storage: RIP  alkanshel | 10/19/09

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