Category: Geeks r Us
Today, I was looking for my pcmcia card so I could port all of my documents onto the Keynote Gold, or at least, use the card as an extra two gb of space if the pc couldn't handle the files. I couldn't find that but I did find something very interesting. It's an IBM Superdisk with 120 mb on it. It's not big like my Fugi zip disk 100 but rather, is the size of a standard 3.5 inch floppy. It fit perfectly into the drive. Does anyone know if Windows XP and dos will recognise it? If so, will dos be able to see that it has 120 mb available on it or will it only be able to use the standard 1.44 mb like on a regular floppy? I'm still counting on my flash card but this is a cool alternative in the meantime if it works.
A google search yeelds:
Each PC-formatted LS-120 diskette offers over 83 times the storage capacity of your standard 1.44 floppy, and is designed for use with LS-120 SuperDisk drives. This outstanding new technology allows the storage of 120 MB on a simple, familiar, and super-portable diskette.
Each LS-120 disk is carefully engineered and constructed, and features: servo-track on the surface of the disk (read by a laser device to allow for higher density tracks), a multi-layer disk liner to keep the magnetic surface clean and error-free, and a patented, dual-interlocking flex-shutter to protect the disk if it's dropped.
The SuperDisk outer plastic shell does an outstanding job of keeping out dirt and dust particles that can contaminate or scratch the surface of the floppy media and harm your data. Note: This requires a SuperDisk drive, your regular 3.5-inch floppy disk drive will not accept these disks.
Thanks a million. I came to the same conclusion but didn't find the excellent description you gave about the structure etc. Now I have to find a drive that connects using either a parallel or rs 232 serial port and that's compatible with MS Dos. My Keynote, unfortunately, doesn't have a free pcmcia card slot. The one it does have is being occupied by the Keynote Gold synthesizer, one of the best ever for dos in my opinion. If I can't find an accessible ls 120 I'm gonna look for a zip disk, though I think it holds less or an actual external. I have both an external cd rom drive and a 120 gb external hard disk but both use the usb interface. Can't wait to get my Compaq Armada fired up so I won't have to do this but I love this one from Humanware.