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Along with Transport & Storage Media
 Storage
and transport media are a very important and useful part of a designer's
stable of equipment. Storage media refers to an internal or external hard
drive that is used to store computer files. It is usually stationary
because of the cords and connections used to attach the drive to the main
system. Transport media refers to...read
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Floppy
Disks Aren't So Floppy Anymore
So, why is it that floppy disks aren't very, well,
floppy? Actually they used to be "floppy" back in the old days
(the 1980s). Back then, floppy disks were quite a bit larger than they
are today. They measured 5.25" square and were made of a flexible
plastic material (like the ones to the right). They could easily bend
if you held them horizontally by the corner. Heck, you could actually
bend them so that two corners could touch but I wouldn't lay any bets
on the safety of the disk's data if you did...read
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Floppy
Disks Replaced by Zips!
Aside from good old floppy
disks and CD-ROMs, Zip
disks for awhile was the most common of the types of transport
media. It seems that almost everybody, even those not involved with
graphic design, knew what a Zip disk was. It's pretty amazing to consider
that...read more
Jaz
Cartridges: Storing Lots and Lots of Files
Iomega, realizing that they'd hit upon a good thing
with the Zip disks and
drives, took advantage of their success and created bigger versions. They
called them Jaz cartridges and drives. Though Jaz drives didn't catch
on with the general public like the Zips have, most every graphic designer...read
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