Skip to Main Content
PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition
book

PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

by Robert Bruce Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson
July 2003
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
874 pages
38h 13m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Content preview from PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

SuperDisk Drive

The only serious competitor to the Zip Drive in the high-capacity floppy drive segment is the SuperDisk Drive, which was developed by Panasonic, Compaq, Imation, and others. SuperDisk Drive disks closely resemble standard 3.5-inch 1.44 MB diskettes, but are distinguishable by their triangular media shutter and trapezoidal labeling space. SuperDisk disks can be read and written only in a SuperDisk Drive.

The SuperDisk Drive was intended to be a universal replacement for the standard 3.5-inch 1.44 MB FDD, a goal that it failed to achieve. The SuperDisk Drive was originally available only in the 120 MB LS-120 model. In 2001, Panasonic finally began shipping the long-promised 240 MB LS-240 model to OEMs. Although a few system makers, notably Compaq, bundled SuperDisk Drives with some models, the SuperDisk Drive has always been a distant second to the Zip Drive in popularity.

Warning

Although Panasonic still makes LS-120 and LS-240 SuperDisk Drives, the drives and media have very limited distribution, primarily by notebook computer OEMs. We consider the long-term viability of the SuperDisk Drive dubious. They are at best niche products, and at worst may be orphaned at any time.

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Computer Busses

Computer Busses

William Buchanan
Hacker Techniques, Tools, and Incident Handling

Hacker Techniques, Tools, and Incident Handling

Sean-Philip Oriyano, Michael Gregg

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 059600513XErrata Page