Gregory's ServerI remember thinking the Jaz drives were such hot stuff.
Then in 2006 I got a 1GB flash drive that was about half the size of an SD card (no metal shield).
It was just one piece of epoxy/PCB somethingorother. I think it might've actually been a proof-of-concept product for MicroSD cards, which came out a little later. It was the first one-piece storage device I'd ever seen. No separate PCB/enclosure/shield, just one piece.
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 @RadioAzureus @RL_Dane never experienced Jaz/jazz so I can't speak to it, but SyQuest's "EZ" removable platter cartridge-based systems were a nightmare. Sure it was nice portable storage but holy crap the issues w/it back then. Single spec of dust & the whole thing was ruined. Swapped in a 300MB quantum in that SCSI enclosure eventually. @colinstu @RadioAzureus @RL_Dane I have talked to @RadioAzureus most days since the late 2010’s & he knows #music he is called radio for a reason |
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I disliked #jazz #drives
I didn't like the fact that they were so bulky, were proprietary and that they were just fancy mechanical floppies in case in a very unnecessary sturdy package
They also didn't give you any mechanical warning when they were going to give out, so you had to have two more sets of backups to be sure that you're super high density Jazz floppy didn't crash on you at a moment that it was completely unexpected
I never bought them, just data salvage
@RL_Dane @colinstu
I disliked #jazz #drives
I didn't like the fact that they were so bulky, were proprietary and that they were just fancy mechanical floppies in case in a very unnecessary sturdy package
They also didn't give you any mechanical warning when they were going to give out, so you had to have two more sets of backups to be sure that you're super high density Jazz floppy didn't crash on you at a moment that it was completely unexpected