Archiving old media is important, and getting working hardware is often difficult. My current collection:
Tested & Working drives/connections
| Company | Format | Connection | Images |
|---|
| Fujitsu | 128mb MO | 50-pin SCSI | Disk |
| Fujitsu | 230mb MO | 50-pin SCSI | |
| Imation | LS-120 SuperDisk | ATAPI | Disk |
| Iomega | 150 Multidisk | 50-pin SCSI | |
| Iomega | Jaz | HD-50 SCSI | |
| Iomega | 40mb PocketZip/click! | USB/PCMCIA | 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Iomega | Zip (100mb) | ATAPI | Disk |
| Iomega | Zip (200mb) | ATAPI | |
| SanDisk | Compact Flash | 50-pin CF | |
| 2.5" Parallel ATA | 44-pin ATA | |
| 3.5" Floppy | 34-pin Floppy/USB | Disks |
| 2.88mb 3.5" floppy | 21mm Thinkpad Connector | Disk Drive |
| 5.25" Floppy | 34-pin Floppy | Disk |
| Parallel ATA | 40-pin ATA | |
| Serial ATA | SATA | |
Untested/unsupported/broken drives/connections
| Company | Format | Connection | Notes | Images |
|---|
| Atari | SF314 Floppy drive | ST IO | | |
| Avatar | Shark | Parallel | | |
| Castlewood | 2.2gb ORB | HD-50 SCSI cable | | |
| Fujifilm | 2.5" LT-1 | Internal | In a laptop | Disk |
| Pioneer | 5.25" 1.7gb WORM | 50-pin SCSI | | |
| Xyratex | MCD | 50-pin SCSI | | |
| SyQuest | 44mb | 50-pin SCSI | Definitely broken. | |
| SyQuest | EZ135 Drive | 50-pin SCSI | | |
| SyQuest | EzFlyer 230mb | ATAPI | | |
| SyQuest | SyJet | HD-50 SCSI | Missing a power cable | |
| ??? | 5.25" MO | LD-50 SCSI | | |
Media without drives
| Company | Format | Images |
|---|
| 3M | 21mb Floptical | 1 2 3 |
| Amastrad | 3" floppy | 1 2 3 |
| Apple | Macintosh FileWare | Disk |
| Brother | Micro Disc | Disk |
| Caleb | 144mb it Diskette | Disk |
| Canon | VF-50 Video Floppy Disk | Disk |
| Dysan | 3.25" Flex Diskette | 1 2 3 |
| Ehman | 45mb Removable Hard Disk Cartridge | |
| Exatron | Stringy Floppy 5' | 1 2 |
| Fujifilm | HiFD 200mb disk | 1 |
| IBM | 200MB Optical Disk Cartridge | |
| IBM | 8" Floppy | Disk |
| IBM | Prototype Demidiskette | 1 2 |
| Iomega | 5.25" Bernoulli 20 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Iomega | 5.25" Bernoulli 90 | |
| Iomega | 8" Bernoulli 20 | |
| Iomega | Lasersafe | |
| Maxell | ODC321-2 | 1 |
| Nintendo | DD64 | 1 2 3 4 |
| Nintendo | Famicom Disk | Disk |
| Ollivetti | Minidisk | Disk |
| Plasmon | LD1200 2.6gb WORM disc | 1 |
| Plasmon | Ultra Density Optical (UDO) | 1 2 3 |
| PLI | 105MB | |
| Ricoh | 20MB Removable Rigid Disk | |
| Sinclair | ZX Microdrive | |
| Smith Corona | 2.8" DataDisk | Disk |
| Sony | MD Data2 650mb Cartridge | |
| SyQuest | 42mb 2.5" Removable Hard Disk Cartridge | |
| SyQuest | 44mb Removable Hard Disk Cartridge | |
| SyQuest | 270mb Removable Hard Disk Cartridge | |
| XQD Card | Card |
| CFast | 1 2 |
Doesn't Really Count Analog Formats
| Company | Format | Type | Images |
|---|
| Catridge Television | Cartrivision | Video | 1 2 3 4 |
| RCA | Capacitance Electionic Disc/SelectaVision | Video | 1 |
| JVC | VHS | Video | |
| Philips | LaserDisc | Video | 1 2 3 |
| 8-track tape | Audio | |
See also: Wanted Formats
