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USB Floppy Disk Striped RAID Under OS X (2004)

LOPPY DISK STRIPED RAID UNDER OS X WHAT: The USB FDD raid was constructed using the following (1) One Bondi Blue iMAC 500 MhZ ( It was upgraded with a SONNET Harmoni G3 ) running OS X 10.2.4 (2) Five standard Y-E DATA 1X USB Floppy Disk Drives here they are..... (3) 5 random floppies laying around (4) Generic USB 4 port hub WHY: Why not? I had just set up my 2 firewire drives and thought, "Can I RAID USB Floppy DRIVES"? I happen to work for Y-E DATA which is one of the worlds largest manufacturers of USB Floppy Drives, so I have access to these things.

I happen to work for Y-E DATA which is one of the worlds largest manufacturers of USB Floppy Drives, so I have access to these things. After a very entertaining display of USB FDD flashing lights, whirling drives, and an interesting rhythm of spinning technology sounds, my RAID was complete. At first I thought it was screwed up, but it just took a while for the various units to meld themsleves into a single super duper kalimazooper floppy drive.

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