Mini-CD-Rs go floppy

CD-R discs that come in the shape (but not the feel) of vintage floppies. They're those obnoxious mini-CDs, though, so they only hold 200MB... which is, at least, 138.89 times more data than a real floppy can hold. As mini-CDs, make sure not to cram these into your SuperDrive. 4 will cost you $28, which is just outrageous unless you're looking for a novel way to distribute your chiptunes.

FLoppy Disc CDs [Design Boom via Technabob]

[#1 posted by Agies , January 14, 2009 12:12 PM]

They will probably also wreak havoc on most slot-loading drives.

[#2 posted by Anonymous , January 14, 2009 12:30 PM]

138.89 times? Dude, 2.88 mb floppies have been out forever.

[#3 posted by Halloween Jack , January 14, 2009 1:27 PM]

Feh. If you're going to go mini-CD, might as well get one of those credit-card-sized numbers that you can boot Linux from.

[#4 posted by Hyouko , January 14, 2009 7:52 PM]

I've tried to use this sort of odd-shaped disc before (a demo for a game)... made a horrific noise in my laptop's drive. No thanks.

[#5 posted by JPW , January 14, 2009 9:30 PM]

Uh, what about the old Caleb IT 144MB (yes, one hundred forty-four megabyte) floppy drives: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_UHD144

You can still pick one up complete with two diskettes, for a whopping USD$1.99 in 2009, here: http://tinyurl.com/9ewlcg

[#6 posted by ShaneAH , January 15, 2009 1:17 AM]

Ah, Mini-CD in the slot drive. You only learn that lesson once.

[#7 posted by Anonymous , January 15, 2009 6:14 AM]

But -- I haz Wii! Wii haz gamecube discs!

OTOH, some of my Wii games (looking at you, Twilight Princess) make it sound like a jammed motorboat!

[#8 posted by arkizzle , January 15, 2009 6:18 AM]

ShaneAH: or, you know, infer it :)