Re: [tlug] Natsukasii: MO disks

[Clemens Schwaighofer <gullevek@example.com>]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 21:52, Kenneth Burling <burlingk@example.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Clemens Schwaighofer
> <gullevek@example.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 05:09, David J Iannucci
>> <jlinux@example.com> wrote:
>>> Cleaning out old junk, and ran across some old MO media from last
>>> century... looks like 230MB.  Haven't lived in Japan for almost 10 years
>>> now... does anyone over there use these any more, or are they pure
>>> anachronisms like the 8-track tape?
>>
>> we still have MO drives at work, but they get almost no usage anymore.
>> I even have one at home, thought I doubt I will ever use it for
>> anything. Sometimes if I want print some digital pictures and don't
>> want to burn a CD. BicCamera still accepts them for printing files :)
>>
>
> They were at least for sell recently enough that I have seen them
> before.   :P Then again, I have been in Japan for six years now. ^^;

MO drives stay ... forever? I just wished there would a 50GB MO drive
;9 would be the perfect backup solution.

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