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The Extended Density (ED) 3.5-inch Microfloppy was an advance on the HD version, with improved oxide coatings that offered 2.88 MB of storage.
Introduced in 1991 on the NeXTcube, NeXTstation and IBM PS/2 model 57, it was too small an advance in capacity over the HD disk and never became widely used.
The ED disk had an identification notch on the right-hand side that was slightly higher than the on
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The SQ Quadraphonic version of Tubular Bells came a with sticker on the front cover that said 'For people with four ears'. The rear cover said 'Store in four dry places'.
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The Friden Computyper computer of 1967 was marketed as a billing machine and made use of a cartridge with a continuous loop of punched Mylar tape to program it.
The tapes were prepared by a Friden office, to meet the needs of the company running the Computyper.
For more information visit https://obsoletemedia.org/friden-computyper/
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Following on from @avavsystems post about Pocket Rockers, here's some more about them.
They were advertised with the tagline ‘Tiny Tapes, Tiny Players’ and came in a range of colourful designs. They were a fashion item as much as a music system (the tapes came with a belt clip that meant they could be worn) and were briefly popular enough to be banned in some schools.
Falling sales spelled the en
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I stumbled on this in an antique centre the other day. It's Debut, a UK monthly music magazine from 1984/5 that came with a 12-inch LP with tracks by artists featured in the magazine. The magazine is stapled into the centre of the gatefold…
A mini DVD lens cleaner for 8cm DVD camcorders. Kindly donated to the collection by @avavsystems.
The Avatar Shark 250 was a short-lived removeable data storage format from the late '90s. Using a 2.5-inch hard disk platter in a cartridge (known as a HARDiskette) and offering 250 MB of storage, it was designed to be very compact and mob…
Here's a comparison photo for scale with a Microcassette, Pocket Rocker cartridge, and Bandai micro cartridge.
Following on from @avavsystems post about Pocket Rockers, here's some more about them.
They were advertised with the tagline ‘Tiny Tapes, Tiny Players’ and came in a range of colourful designs. They were a fashion item as much as a music …
An obscure background music system from the UK, the Ditchburn Symphonaire was introduced in 1962 and utilised the 'C' size Fidelipac cartridge to provide up to four hours of music from the Ditchburn Music Library across two tracks.
Thanks…
The MI-12877 was a cartridge containing thin magnetic wire for recording and playback of audio, and was introduced in 1947 for use in the RCA Magnetic Wire Recorder. Wire was already in use as a recording medium but it was fragile and need…
The Extended Density (ED) 3.5-inch Microfloppy was an advance on the HD version, with improved oxide coatings that offered 2.88 MB of storage.
Introduced in 1991 on the NeXTcube, NeXTstation and IBM PS/2 model 57, it was too small an advan…
The SQ Quadraphonic version of Tubular Bells came a with sticker on the front cover that said 'For people with four ears'. The rear cover said 'Store in four dry places'.
Kodak launched their popular range of instant film cameras in 1976, along with an instant integral film pack, the PR10. This was similar to Polaroid's SX-70 instant film and Polaroid launched a lawsuit against Kodak that Kodak evenually lo…
The Friden Computyper computer of 1967 was marketed as a billing machine and made use of a cartridge with a continuous loop of punched Mylar tape to program it.
The tapes were prepared by a Friden office, to meet the needs of the company …
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