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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by superkret@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I wonder what "limited lifetime warranty" means.

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[-] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 15 points 2 months ago

Buy a USB floppy drive for each one and then create a RAID 0 disk array. It'll be super quick and gloriously noisy.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

For anyone not familiar... That would give you 14.4 MB (1.44 MB formatted x 10) of capacity. The rated speeds for a floppy drive is 1000 kilobits per second. So if you did a Raid-0 (striped), let's just say that gives you 10,000 kilobits per second. We convert transfer speeds to storage speeds (8 bits to 1 byte)... Means 1.25MB/s. So best case, it takes you about 11.5 seconds to do a full transfer of the 14.4MB. it actually be much slower because this is best case scenario.

[-] Janovich@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

So you’re saying we just need a few (hundred) dozen more disks and drives? Look out Seagate, you’ve got a zombie competitor coming.

[-] 0_0j@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago
[-] mkhopper@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago
[-] 0_0j@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yap, watched all 8 minutes. Flopptron 'tamed a tornato'

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