(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best blank media products

Flicknm's comment really need more upvotes. For a graphic designer you can never go wrong with books about design whether its about becoming a designer, books about a specific designer, or simply reference books on stuff like logos/typography/print/websites. Books are probably the best gift you can give to any designer, pro or student.

However a tablet isn't a bad idea as someone already mentioned. If she's got strong artistic ability (drawing/painting at a professional level) an intuous4 would not be a bad choice and would be a valuable tool for years to come. However if she does not feel like venturing into stuff like digital painting or simply doesn't have profound drawing ability a bamboo is more than she'll ever need and also pretty cheap and extremely versatile.

As a student she'll eventually explore packaging design or have to create physical mock-ups so perhaps a set of quality tools like exacto knives with a couple different blades (next to the standard blade I use scoring blades a lot for thick material), large self-healing cutting mat, folding bone for perfect creases on paper (these days you see some with added features like a cutting blade), large metal straight edge ideal for cutting (with corked back), long reach stapler, spray mount, super glue, and my personal best friend: the lead holder (also referred to as a clutch pencil) with a sharpener for it. All of this along with a drafting table will always be useful.

If she doesn't own a wide format printer and you feel she might like the convenience of one I highly recommend an Epson Stylus R1400 printer. I often see these on sale with rebates which will lower the overall cost to $200ish however that's kinda based on luck. It prints great pictures as big as 13x19 inches (great for poster or magazine spread mock-ups). A very handy but rarely used feature it has that made me look like a fucking superstar in classes is its ability to print labels on printable CDs. However, as great as this feature is it takes a bit of experimentation to get the alignment right and to be able to print as close to the border of the CD as possible. This feature is also a huge ink-guzzler but prints beautifully (always use max settings or else colors will look faded). Printable CDs can come in both Matte and Glossy finishes (I'm particularly fond of Taiyo Yuden Watershield CDs).

If your girlfriend happens to enjoy PC games then a gaming mouse could potentially be a fantastic gift. I'd recommend something along the lines of Logitech's G700 gaming mouse. Reason I recommend a gaming mouse is because you can record keystrokes and assign those macros to any of the additional buttons making any work on common programs like Illustrator/Photoshop/In-Design a lot more streamlined. This particular mouse can record up to 5 different profiles at once so she can have her favorite keyboard shortcuts macro'd for pretty much all her favorite programs. This mouse also works as both wired and wireless (which I'd NEVER recommend for gaming lol) and uses a rechargable AA battery and has a little compartment in there for the wireless reciever. Basically this mouse is a godsend to me but even as just a mouse for design work I think its pretty awesome. I highly recommend Logitech products since they're very well made and have great customer service.

Someone already mentioned it but sketchbooks are always nice, as a student I noticed a lot of people weren't into the habit of planning designs on pencil and paper, if she's one of those people then she really needs to change that and have something like a moleskine sketchbook or some other form of sketch diary (get a nice hardcovered one). You can have all the best technology in the world but nothing will ever trump the mighty pencil (again I highly recommend a clutch pencil) since this is where all design HAS TO begin. If she already does that and happens to like drawing I'd look into an Earthbound sketchbook or other equivalent. Basically this is just a sketchbook that has recycled toned (brown) pages which makes it great for adding highlights on drawings with a white colored pencil or gel pen. The norm for designers is almost always plain & gridded Moleskine sketchbooks though. I've seen other sketch diaries that have a dot grid on them which I'd love on a moleskine but I don't think they have anything outside a normal grid sketchbook.

There's also other gimmicky crap out there for graphic designers however I'm just listing stuff that are actually useful and can be appreciated. You can probably just cruise around r/design and r/graphic_design to see those things since that's all I ever tend to see from those subreddits these days.

Hopefully this helps.

1. ECC support -- If the memory of your QNAP gets corrupted, then your data is lost in transit. By buying ECC Memory, I virtually guarantee that this will not happen to me. (ECC RAM is very similar in concept to RAID6 or RAID5, except instead of for disks ECC RAM is for RAM). Because the entire computer I built is out of ECC RAM, I have one more layer of assurances that the data is safe.
   
   I have unconfirmed ECC Support. Error Correction does not work on this motherboard as I hoped.
   
   
2. ZFS Support -- ZFS is an enterprise filesystem designed to store data and store data well. Bitrot can destroy your data EVEN if you are running RAID drives. By using ZFS (which is constantly scrubbing, checksumming, and double-checking the data), my system is immune to bitrot. Your typical NAS is not.
   
   
3. The Motherboard immediately supports 6 hard drives. The QNAP only supports 2-drives. In the future, when I buy more drives, I can easily expand my computer. The QNAP is stuck with 2-bay at the maximum.
   
   
4. I'm comfortable with FreeBSD -- This is a soft advantage, but I work with Linux systems at work (and Windows at home and work). So I'm very comfortable with tools like RSync and the command line in general. In any case, I have a clear backup strategy for the NAS: insert an external hard drive (probably NTFS formatted) and then RSync the data to the hard drive, and then store the hard drive elsewhere.
   
   
5. ZFS Snapshots -- ZFS has a lot of advantages. Another major advantage that I plan to take advantage of is snapshots. The entire disk can be stored as a snapshot that only takes up space when files are modified. With ZFS Snapshots, I can rollback the filesystem very easily.
   
   
6. I have a full PC -- This box is a fully functioning PC. If I decided to splurge, I can buy a SAS Card and then start chunking out LTO6 tapes (Which are only $30 for 2.5TB of storage). Granted, a LTO6 Tape Drive is extremely expensive, but a "full PC" has almost no limit to the customization options available to me. A more realistic option is to just buy a cheap expansion card and support maybe... 4 more hard drives in my case for only a $40 upgrade.
   
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   So basically, my points come down to:
   
   
7. Reliability (ECC RAM)
   
8. Reliability (ZFS Protection vs Bitrot)
   
9. ZFS Snapshots and Cloning.
   
10. Expandability (6-SATA drives easy. More with a cheap expansion card)
    
11. Expandability
    
12. I personally have familiarity with *nix command line and can comfortably do advanced tasks on Nas4Free beyond what is even available on the WebGUI.
    
    Bitrot is a very simple problem to understand. What happens if instead of failing, a Hard Drive starts returning bad data to you? In traditional RAID, the hard drive has NOT crashed, so parity will not be checked. The file may be corrupted despite RAID protecting you. ZFS adds more checks to protect against this problem, while traditional RAID (which most NAS uses) do not.
    
    There are additional features that are interesting (Webserver support, Bittorrent support, DLNA server, Headless Virtualbox). But I don't plan to do anything complicated. So I'm mostly focused on reliability.
    
    Of course, NAS4Free supports the standard NAS features. You can easily add hard drives to zpools which can then be added to datastores. Volumes can be exported with iSCSI. Datastores can be exported using CIFS / Samba for Microsoft support, NFS for Linux Support, AFP support to support Mac OSX... or all three if you got a complicated setup. QNAP, Synology and all the commercial solutions will get you at least this much, which is hugely useful.

I use the Atomos Ninja Inferno which I bought awhile ago for the GH5, but I sort of wish I got the Atomos Shogun Inferno as I'll need SDI for RAW (hopefully Atomos pulls through, it works with Varicam so we are expecting they will be able to do it. However they are known for not delivering on their promises...). You might want to wait to see what recorders work best with RAW before you buy, though. We won't know until next year. However, at least I can get 4k 10bit 60fps with the ninja inferno, which is nice for green screen work. Haven't tested it yet but I'm presuming it works.

I also bought a used Alphatron EVF off of ebay, but the Zacuto Gractical seems to be the best of it's class in regards to EVF.

Rig-wise, Zacuto has some great stuff already designed for the EVA-1, as does Shape and Wooden Camera. I personally bought this VCT-14 plate from SmallRig to save a few dollars and LOVE it. Be warned, though, it only works with official Sony VCT-14 plates (the Wooden plate doesn't fit without modifications). They said on their facebook page they'll be redesigning it in the next few months, which is why it's so cheap now.

All I personally need to find is a good arm to extend the handgrip off the rossette attachment on the smallrig plate (the Panasonic handgrip attachment is proprietary) for shoulder-mount shooting. Vocas makes one but I don't know how to buy it in the states. I'm looking at Shape as well, but I might hold off until SmallRig releases their own, as they usually are hundreds of dollars. cheaper. I also am in the market for a good top plate and EVF mounting solution... Wooden Camera has some good ones but they are pricey.

Yes! There are certainly lots of options for buying tech/electronics under $5 on Amazon. But the products might not always be very quality... Anyways, here's a couple of my cheapest finds for tech under $5:

1. 16GB SanDisk Flash Drive - $4.99 - Add-On Item - Free Prime Shipping

2. 10-Pack of Colorful USB Charger Car Adapters - $4.95 - Free Shipping

3. 10-Pack of 3ft USB Charging Cords for iPhone 4 & 4s - $4.50 - Free Prime Shipping

4. 5-Pack of 3ft USB Charging Cords for iPhone 5 & 5s - $3.99 - Free Shipping

5. 5-Pack of Black Retractable USB to Micro USB Charging Cords - $3.05 - Free Shipping

6. Rechargable Portable Speaker in Blue - $4.98 - Free Prime Shipping

7. In-Ear Earbuds with Mic - $2.99 - Free Prime Shipping

.8 Mini LED USB-Powered Flexible Lamp Light - $1.92 - Free Shipping

9. 2-Pack of Mini USB-Powered Flexible Fans - $4.99 - Free Prime Shipping

10. 10-Pack of 700MB Blank Recordable CDs - $1.89 - Add-On Item - Free Prime Shipping

BONUS ROUND: Here are a few more under-$5-tech suggestions from other users:

1. Orange Macbook Keyboard Skin Cover - $0.88 + $0.99 Shipping - Courtesy of /u/Mrrobogavin

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I used a lot of DVDs for data backup and a couple of years ago, I switched to Blu-ray disks.

I did the same analysis as Malte-Sama and figured out Blu-ray disks give me the best values for my money, and I really like the almost 4x 5x physical space saving comparing to DVDs.

Like many people have pointed out previously, Blu-ray disks need to be stored in a climate controlled environment, I store mine in Disk Binders and in the basement (with dehumidifier). For CDs and DVDs, if they are properly stored, they can last 100+ years, I assume the same thing applies to Blu-Ray disks.

I mainly buy RiDATA Blu-ray disks which use inorganic dyes (according to the product description).

When I backup files, I always do a Complete Data Verification (this option came with the disk burning software) to ensure the data have been recorded correctly, I have not gotten any bad disk so far.

I currently have 348 disks (mix of DVDs and Blu-ray disks) storing 2.2 TB of data.

I found it difficult to manage the files on the backup disks, so I create a database system like what you are planning to do. I further developed it into LetoFiles for people like you and I.

I would love to hear what you think of the website if you get a chance to check it out.

Please let me know if you have any question, I will be more than happy to help out wherever I can.

I think youre being a little harsh on people who are only trying to help you out. Congrats on your thrift store vintage blank media purchase. (theres something I never thought Id say.) If you're looking to back up a music collection to hard copy for playback on CD players then you're probably going to need a pretty big stack of discs (depending on your music collection, it can get pretty expensive), its an older format and has very limited data capacity 700mb or 70 minutes of music I believe. Because the music is being stored digitally as opposed to analog there is really no difference between discs. Now you spent $10 on 20 discs where on amazon you could have spent $20 on 100 CD-R discs, so it turns out per disc to be much cheaper and you can store up to 6.8 gigs of data or 116 hours of music. AMAZON 100 CD-R $20 BTW another good thing about newer CD-Rs and DVD-Rs is MUCH MUCH faster writing speeds. CDRs now can manage up to 52x and DVDR can do about 16x, where as your thrift shop CDRs can probably only manage 4x

Now if you just want to back up music to hardcopy for archival purposes (to be copied back to a computer at a later date, in case of hard drive failure) then DVD-R is definitely the way to go. 100 DVD-R $22 now you can store 470 gigs of data, which is probably more than enough to back up your entire music library Im sure at only a smaller increase in price that is still cheaper (per disc) than your vintage CD-Rs. If you're an audiophile with an extensive Lossless collection (fortunately for dead heads like me this is a rather easy thing to come by) then DVD-R will allow you to back up your music in fewer discs which would be much easier to handle.

I hope thats a detailed enough answer to help you make an informed decision on how to back up your media, and in the future please dont bite the heads off of people who are really only trying to help you out.

Those numbers in the bottom right (you have it on it's right side, FYI) are the model number. Google that, you get this:

https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/sony/tc-252.shtml

Good luck finding parts; i don't think your guy's in working order. But here's the tape:

https://www.amazon.com/Scotch-Magnetic-Recording-Tape-inch/dp/B001DC9H4O

Fully functional and clean those are excellent pieces of equipment. It's no 1/2" tape but it's still pretty fantastic. Mine's a TEAC. It was 20+ when i got it and i've taken reasonably good care of it for the last 20 years and it still works great. Next organic project I do, I'm recording on it. There's nothing else like it.

A 3.5" floppy is, on the high side, approximately 3.3mm thick.

A stack of 5,970 3.5" floppies is therefore roughly 19.7 meters - over 64 feet - high, until it inevitably tips over.

Now, you might be thinking that it'd be easiest to make a bunch of smaller stacks, and you'd be right. A hundred sixty-floppy stacks would fit neatly on a pallet; each stack would be a quite safe ~198mm in height - 7.8" - and the whole operation would be less than a meter across each way (~90cm by ~94cm). All of these dimensions are rounded up, if anything, to allow for a bit of pallet wrap, paper dividers, whatever.

"The pallet is overkill, Val!" Perhaps so, for a cuboid that small, but at a weight of ~19 grams per diskette, we're looking at over 113 kg - 250 lbs - of floppy.

Hmm. Let's divide this up so that it can be carried up the stairs by hand.

A standard case of paper, here in the States - 10 reams of 8.5x11" writing paper (like A4 sheets but shorter), has roughly 11x17" usable footprint and 8.5" height - about 28x43x21cm. This lets us put twelve stacks of up to 65 floppies in each box before we consider how many we can stuff down the half-floppy-width gap in the side - may as well not bother with that, honestly, if it only saves one person one trip up the stairs and disrupts the order of the disks. These 780 floppies weigh about 14.8 kg, or under 33 lbs - light enough for an out-of-shape PFY to handle.

Now we're only looking at eight boxes of floppies, with the last box being only two-thirds full. This is a totally reasonable backup solution!

Okay, there are a few missing details here - reliability issues (with both disks and drives!), the number of man-hours required to have someone swap and label the disks, and, of course, the $2,500-plus-shipping cost of the disks themselves, even from the suspiciously-cheap brigade - if by some miracle the disks all work out of the box.

Now you know!

Oh, hot damn, that's a lot of books. I'll keep looking. I teach middle school (12/14) and a lot of those kids still Trick-or-treat. I'll report back in a bit with more for that age range.

Also, I know OTTOMH that they have all the Tarzan Novels. We could a solid set on one disc for adventure lovers.

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I've found some good ones and one that almost made me weep with joy.

Around the World in 80 days A classic, and this is even the deluxe junior edition.

Aesop's Fables I was read these in 1st grade and loved it.

The Fairy Books A set of books containing 420 of the best stories from all over the world.

Tarzan Like I said, a good portion of his Tarzan work is represented here.

A princess of Mars They have the set, but this is just the first one. This is the original scifi that set the stage for everything else.

The Jungle books 1 2 A little Kipling never hurts.

The Junior Classics Library This was like a classic stories encyclopedia. We had it when I was but a lad. I used to look at the old pictures in these before I could actually read and read them once I could. It's great to see them digital.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow It's Halloween. To leave this out would be a crime!

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I looked into it and I found a set of 100 700mb Sony writable disks for 17 bucks and 100 paper CD cases are only 4 bucks. So 100 disks for 20 bucks isn't terrible.

That's less than minimum wage... Especially since I was rounding down. Assuming you could efficiently use each disc (archive then split into 4.7GB pieces) you'd need 213 DVDs for 1TB of data. At 5 minutes each, that's 17 hours and 45 minutes. So, assuming you sat there ready to swap discs every 5 minutes, you sit there for an entire day (unless you don't sleep). If that's $100 worth of work, you just worked for $5.63. Of course, that's only the first time you have to restore. Writing to the disc is going to be slower. If you have to do an initial backup of 1TB, it'd take ever longer plus the cost of 213 DVDs. Here's 200 Memorex (better go with a good brand because DVDs degrade over time) [on sale for $50.] (http://smile.amazon.com/Memorex-DVD-R-4-7GB-Multipack-Spindles/dp/B00KONGBME/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1409148190&sr=1-1&keywords=200+DVD) So really, looks like it's not all that much cheaper than using a HDD. [Here's the first result for a 1TB drive] (http://smile.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST1000DM003/dp/B005T3GRNW/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1409148320&sr=1-1&keywords=1TB+HDD) on Amazon. $55.

DVDs don't last forever. You better be careful to backup in such a way that losing one DVD doesn't ruin your entire backup. All to save $5.

Ok!

I just poked around on Amazon for prices. Today, I can get a 3TB hard drive for $54 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015MZBLGE), at a price of $18/TB (I checked other drive sizes and this is the best today for data per dollar) -- I'm honestly amazed it's that cheap.

On the other hand, I can get a 6.25TB tape drive cartridge for $37 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CNN2BV8) which comes to $6/TB.

I remembered reading about a company that was doing data storage on sheets of paper. I found some software (http://ollydbg.de/Paperbak/) -- the author promises 500KB/page and says that 3MB/page is not unusual. A box of 4000 sheets of paper is $34 and can store 2-12TB of data with a typical printer (600dpi) and scanner (900dpi). On the low end, it's a little cheaper than using a hard drive ($17/TB) -- on the high end, it's twice as cheap as the tape drive cartridge (under $3/TB).

Some people around here farm them, as in get literally dozens every once in a while and trade. If you wanna do the same, or get your own: here is a link to the ISO of the colosseum bonus disc. You can try burning it on a disc and shoving it in the gamecube, get a cable, a gameboy advance, and R/S/E and you're set. I know gamecube discs are smaller than usual, but you can buy your own mini DVDs to burn on from amazon. Here's a good one I found; half a real disc's price, and multiple discs in case anything happens. GOOD LUCK!

EDIT: I added the wrong amazon link, fixed.

> You had to buy a cd player/stereo/laptop/etc at one point, did you not? I'm not understanding the argument of cost.

Yeah, but my point being is that you likely still have a capable device around. Tape decks? Quite a bit older and less people still have this equipment. Tape decks also lack the multiple use scenario of a CD/DVD drive. Software, data, games, movies, and music all come on discs so the things that play these discs are much more ubiquitous.

>CDs can be found for around $0.30 each

http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-94691-Branded-Recordable-50-Disc/dp/B00029U1DK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375136983&sr=8-1&keywords=blank+cd

$0.20 a CD. So half the cost compared to your number and it only goes cheaper the more bulk you go for.

Let's spend $10 on tapes now to make this purely an Amazon comparison. http://www.amazon.com/Maxell-UR-60-Blank-Audio-Cassette/dp/B000087NBV/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375137258&sr=8-1&keywords=blank+tape

Well, can't do that, so let's get two of these and spend $12.

$0.75/tape.

You keep bringing up how much they're sold for and that's besides the point. They're selling them for cheaper than CDs because of the market they're selling them to. According to the numbers here it's actually giving the labels a much smaller profit margin.

Tape doesn't have the large album art of vinyl nor the sound quality of vinyl or CDs. They have what, portability? That is why 8 tracks lost according to some. But I'm sure no one is still using that portable tape deck.

You can record 10-bit 4K/30p with an [$895 Blackmagic Video Assist 4K] (https://www.amazon.com/Blackmagic-Design-Video-Assist-4K/dp/B01F6IC1R0//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=battleforthew-20) (example output from this recorder [here] (https://youtu.be/fr455OzZeFY), shot with the Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K), but to record 10-bit 4K/60p, you would have to step up to a [$1995 Atomos Shogun Inferno] (https://www.amazon.com/Atomos-Shogun-Inferno-12G-SDI-Recorder/dp/B01K7W3N0O//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=battleforthew-20).

The Inferno is pricey, but produces some amazing images:

• [Shogun Inferno Official Launch Trailer by Atomos Video] (https://vimeo.com/181587039) (4K)
  
  All the best,
  
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Oh wow, this is great. Available on Amazon.

$99 $12.95, You Save $87.04!

Pick up a Jaz Drive for $189.99!!!

5 Star review!

>5.0 out of 5 stars Replacement for an Old Warhorse
By Peter Ivan Armstrong, III on January 15, 2014
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>After many years of faithful service, my old Jaz Drive finally stopped working. It was probably my fault; I had left a Jaz disk in it for nearly a week. The disk ejected easily enough, but the drive no longer responded when another Jaz disk was inserted. This replacement drive works just fine. And just to ensure that I can extend the usefulness of my Jaz disk collection almost indefinitely, I also purchased a "new" (never opened, never used) Jaz Drive as a backup.

It can be very tricky to get PS1’s to recognize and boot burned discs. After a lot of trial and error, I found that getting Verbatim discs like this were working best for me:

Verbatim CDRs

I tried a few other brands with mixed success. Also the burn speed matters, the slower you can record the disc is better. I found an old CD burner on eBay and now can burn at 1x speed over USB.

So I had to invest a little bit into this combination but it’s working for me now.

You could also try slight adjusting the potentiometer on the laser to get burned CDs to read better on your PS1. Make sure to only adjust it in very small increments so that you don’t mess it up. There are some YouTube tutorials that could help.

I've been using Philips branded ones and never yet had a problem:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000ATD1G/ref=twister_B0769YPSSN?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

This wasn't intentional, they just happened to be the brand I had in when I got my CD-i, it might just be coincidence that I've not had a coaster with them yet but I'm happy with them either way and you can get a spindle of a hundred pretty cheaply.

The 1st link is a little cheaper, but the 2nd I trust more. Looks like these have crept up a little in price. But the quality is worth it. —————

https://www.amazon.com/CMC-Pro-Powered-Technology-Silver/dp/B0014FYTHU/ref=pd_sim_23_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0014FYTHU&pd_rd_r=306d3428-2c8b-11e9-91c7-79eddbe046cc&pd_rd_w=iS1F5&pd_rd_wg=iDKlx&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=FE92H5SFM2GFQ7CCR3W7&psc=1&refRID=FE92H5SFM2GFQ7CCR3W7 —————— https://www.amazon.com/CMC-Pro-Powered-Technology-100-Pack/dp/B01HFBO78W/ref=pd_cp_23_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01HFBO78W&pd_rd_r=a5954468-2c8b-11e9-b05b-55823f4364c8&pd_rd_w=YBJNb&pd_rd_wg=GCbQs&pf_rd_p=ef4dc990-a9ca-4945-ae0b-f8d549198ed6&pf_rd_r=979DB0SDYJ9Y49FAJN7B&psc=1&refRID=979DB0SDYJ9Y49FAJN7B

Nope. Need to include shipping costs. The one you chose has a $4.99 shipping charge, bringing the total to $16.97.

A 10 pack of 1.44mb Verbatim 3.5'' floppy disks costs $14.95 on Amazon with free Prime shipping.

1TB = 1,000,000MB; Thus 1TB = 694,444.44 Floppy Disks

15 694,444.44 = 10,416,666.67

Each floppy disk costs $1.495 each.

$1.495 10,416,666.67 = $15,572,916.672.



If you need a number of TB other than 15, the cost of any amount of TB in floppies can be roughly represented by the following:

x 1.038 10^6

Where 'x' represents the number of TB.

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TL;DR Using the first result on Amazon, including shipping, it would cost a little over $15.7 Million for 15TB of Floppy disks.

I read that elsewhere as well. But would it fix the issue I'm having?


These guys, right?


I'd rather get a 10 pack, but looks like they only sell the 100 pack.

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https://www.amazon.com/CMC-Pro-Powered-Technology-100-Pack/dp/B01HFBO78W/

It may or may not work but you can also try with Vaseline. It works well to hide scratches on computer screens, it might also help with discs.

You can also try getting one of these.

I use these. :-)

It would be expensive to implement unless they could get a lot of sd to 3.5 floppy adapters from source in bulk. They would have to make it a tier add on. Realistically, the money from funding could be put to the game. If they try an implement too many expensive add ons it will detract from the game. Its a neat idea though. Your better off to do it your self. Just request that NDS make an image of system shock available as an optional download with your tier package, or make an image your self from the gog download when it becomes available. Write it to the sd card (make sure its bootable) and stick it in the adapter. They could also make System Shock labels available to put on the adapter. https://www.amazon.com/Sony-Floppy-Interface-Memory-MSAC-FD2MA/dp/B00005T3Q1 that's the cheapest one I could find with a limited search. I have maybe two cases of 3.5 inch floppies, unopened, stored away. I have no use for them. People just threw them away from an office storage and I took them for nostalgia reasons. That and they are getting increasingly rare.....especially unopened cases. :D Thats another option if they make 3.5 inch floppy labels a tier option, is just put them on an old 3.5 inch floppy. I am sure that would be a much economical option and would meet the nostalgia criteria. You could then frame it. https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-1-44MB-Pre-Fmt-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B0000511BI/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1468095918&sr=1-6&keywords=3.5+inch+floppies.

My good friend's mom bought one of these products, and it does not work. Also, it's probably good practice not to buy a product that has only negative user reviews.

You can still buy them. Not old enough yet for museums.

https://www.amazon.com/Floppy-Diskettes-Formatted-MF-2HD-Manufactured/dp/B006HI22LO

The tapes used in the show are UR-60 audio cassettes which hold 30 minutes of audio per side. You can identify the type of tape by looking at this image (note the white text in the red squares). The running times of the episodes are between 54 to 58 minutes, so the show is roughly twice as long as the tapes.

10 for $13.95 on Amazon

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Weapon of choice

Ammunition

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Verbatim-87410-MF2HD-Inch-MBDiskettes/dp/B0000511BI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1501851327&sr=8-4&keywords=floppy+disk

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Verbatim-43432-25-pack-Optical-Media-x/dp/B0006BC3DK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501851209&sr=8-1&keywords=blank+cd

An extra 90 CDs for 50p more, not to mention they're 700MB compared to 1.44.

you cant still buy these http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-1-44MB-Pre-Fmt-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B0000511BI/ref=lp_172461_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1409691002&sr=1-2

so i would assume you can get blank CDs even though its all outdated.

https://www.amazon.com.au/Verbatim-1-44MB-Pre-Fmt-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B0000511BI

I use these Taiyo Yuden CDRs from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HFBO78W Burning with LiquidCD https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/19994/liquidcd on my old iMac's slowest speed (8x i think). No issues so far.