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MrBungle · 21st Jun 2019, 12:25 pm

DVD-RAM was marginally popular for a bit in the 2000s if I remember. That was sort of a successor.

However one event rather put me off it in 2004. A software guy I was working with carried his life's work around on one. Promptly whacked it in a ridiculously fast Pioneer slot loader drive. It got faster, and faster, and faster, then BANG the disc exploded into pieces, most of which got shot across the room from the drive. That was his only copy.

Alas the "multiple backups" lesson was taught to a lot of people that day but I'd have hated for it to be me.

21st Jun 2019, 12:25 pm	#4
MrBungle Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: London, UK. Posts: 3,687	Re: The best data storage system that never took off. DVD-RAM was marginally popular for a bit in the 2000s if I remember. That was sort of a successor. However one event rather put me off it in 2004. A software guy I was working with carried his life's work around on one. Promptly whacked it in a ridiculously fast Pioneer slot loader drive. It got faster, and faster, and faster, then BANG the disc exploded into pieces, most of which got shot across the room from the drive. That was his only copy. Alas the "multiple backups" lesson was taught to a lot of people that day but I'd have hated for it to be me.