LT-1: The Failed Floppy Format
5,964A surprising number of competitors to the ubiquitous 3.5" floppy disk duked it out through the 1980s -- but one of them failed exceptionally hard.
Sources:
"Laptops With Muscle," Popular Mechanics, May 1990.
"Six-Pound Zenith Minisport Uses 2-Inch Minidisks," InfoWorld, July 24, 1989.
"Inside Track," PC Magazine, February 14, 1989.
"Light Minisport Has Hefty Functionality," InfoWorld, July 31, 1989.
"ZDS Enhances MinisPort, 20MB Hard Drive, Brighter Screen," H-Scoop, July 1990. (https://archive.org/details/h_scoop_124_jul_90/mode/2up?q=zenith+minisport)
Zenith MinisPort HD photo: https://fhl.noblogs.org/2012/07/07/abandonware
CF-2 disk media photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3_inch_floppy_disks.jpg
Smith-Corona DataDisk media photo: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/smith-corona-8-data-disks-s61838-1884377612
Smith-Corona laptop word processor ad: https://gameraboy2.tumblr.com/post/691960245819424768/1989-smith-corona-laptop-word-processor
Famicom Disk System disk photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bubble_Bobble_Famicom_Disk_System_disk.jpg
Famicom Disk System hardware photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nintendo-Famicom-Disk-System.jpg
Amstrad CPC64 User magazine: https://magazinesfromthepast.fandom.com/wiki/Amstrad_CPC464_User_Issue_3
"Viability of 2-Inch Media Standard for PCs in Doubt," InfoWorld, July 31, 1989.
Canon video floppy disk set photo: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1302474878/canon-vf-50-video-floppy-disks-6x-di
Sony Mavica prototype photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sony_Mavica_1981_prototype_CP%2B_2011.jpg
Sony Mavica camera photos: https://aucview.aucfan.com/yahoo/s1054628483
Panasonic video floppy camera photo: https://aucfree.com/items/h437606086
Video floppy disk photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Floppy#/media/File:Video_Floppy_Disk_-_front_(gabbe).jpg
"Filmless Photography Arrives," Popular Mechanics, November 1989.
Canon FV-540 brochure: https://archive.org/details/TNM_Video_Floppy_Disk_Drive_FV-540_-_Canon_1990_20170828_0031
Sony PJ-100 photo: https://www.sony.com/ja/pressroom/pict_data/pc/1987_pj100.html
Sony PJ-100 with disk photo: https://lancelot2.blog.ss-blog.jp/2019-09-15
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