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LS-120 drives (Users)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 07.09.2012, 05:32

> I remember that in old times it was introduced as modern replacement of FDD
> but it was very rare here, I never touch real media or drive. I had bought
> it's competitor Iomega ZIP 100 drive (no FDD compatible) because it was
> mounted at university computers and it was the only way to transfer big
> files. I was satisfied with it, better speed and no more bad blocks (berore
> I RARed to 10 FDD pack and usually it happened that the latest floppy had a
> BB and entire transfer had to be done again). This suxx. Fortunatelly we
> have much better and safe media now :)

Many archivers have support for redundancy of blocks so that if one part goes bad, you can still recover the whole thing (or at least part). Granted, I've not used any such feature lately (and barely at all), but it's existed in several forms over the years.

Complete thread:

• LS-120 drives - w3a537, 06.09.2012, 08:58 (Users)
  • LS-120 drives - RayeR, 07.09.2012, 01:12
    • LS-120 drives - Rugxulo, 07.09.2012, 05:32
      • LS-120 drives - RayeR, 10.09.2012, 00:41
    • LS-120 drives - Doug, 10.09.2012, 20:13
      • LS-120 drives - w3a537, 11.09.2012, 06:56