Floptical is a mix of magnetis andoptical. iirc its called a "magneto-optical"As far as I know ZIP disks are just magnetic. Floptical is Optical technology (phase change). While there are new ways to store data on old machines I just think it is cool to use the old technology on them as well. Nothing is cooler then backing up a GB or so on huge 5.25" MO disks that will probably outlive me.
I have a stack of ZIP 100 disks and a bunch of drives that makes it easy to sneakernet files around as needed for the few machines I have without ethernet. Don't think I would use them for long term archives but they are great for short term projects. For long term archives I use MO and DDS/DAT drives. I also have a bunch of QIC tapes that I have old (1990 or so) data on that I keep even after I dumped the data to new media, never had an issue with reliability either.
One of these days I will get a jazz, but I prefer messing with the older types (Syquest 44/88/230, Bernouli 150, ZIp 100, MO, etc).
Post #14 by macgeek417
| Source Forum | 68kMLA |
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| Category | Peripherals |
| Post Date | Thu, 7 May 2009 - 22:03 |
| Original URL | https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/jaz-drive-discs-worth-keeping-for-backups.16888/ |
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Floptical is a mix of magnetis andoptical. iirc its called a "magneto-optical"