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Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by mark_undoio on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @06:31AM (#39915615)
I was excited about the LS-120 but I never quite convinced myself to stump up the money to pay for it.

My recollection was that it was: - Slightly larger than the contemporary Zip disks. - Cheaper than a Zip drive. - Could just replace your existing floppy drive, since it was backwards-compatible.

I don't know if it was as fast or robust as a Zip disk - it definitely didn't have the same mind share, though.

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Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by aidenn0 on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @11:51AM (#39919045)
Robustness was "fine"; anything was more robust than a lot of the cheap floppies that were around in the mid-to-late 90s (though Zip drives manufactured around 2000 had a reputation for failing more often).
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Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by devilbunny on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @03:07PM (#39921645)
I wish that MiniDisc Data had been more widespread and faster - great size and amazing robustness. Unfortunately, AFAICT they topped out at 600 kB/s speed.
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