The Answer To All Your 90s Storage Woes!
340Floppy disks not big enough for you? We were certainly pushing the limits in the late 90s... So enter the Fujifilm Flash Path: a vintage device that allowed Windows 9x, NT and Mac OS 9 users to use SmartMedia cards in a standard floppy drive - available in capacities up to 128MB!
Join me as I go on a retro photography adventure and try out this fascinating gadget myself. Was it a viable way to move files around in the mid to late 90s?
Big thanks to Rich for introducing me to the Flash Path and giving me the chance to get my hands on one!
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Download Flash Path Driver: https://archive.org/details/fujifilm-flash-path-driver-win9x-3073
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:25 All About SmartMedia!
02:16 Photography Montage Time
03:27 Flash Path Setup, Troubleshooting & Transfer Speeds
06:34 Browsing The Photos With Paint Shop Pro 7
07:25 SmartMedia DRM Implementations
07:45 Conclusions & Historical Context
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