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The storage technology tag on WindowsForum.com gathers discussion of storage formats, devices, and the lessons of failed or superseded media. A recent thread examines six unsuccessful technologies, including IBM's Microdrive, the IBM 3850 Mass Storage System, Sony's HiFD, bubble memory, InPhase's Tapestry holographic discs, and DataPlay optical discs, weighing the argument that technical brilliance alone does not guarantee a market. The conversation also corrects and tightens some claims from the source article. Together these posts suit readers interested in storage history, why promising formats disappear, and how past outcomes inform current storage decisions.
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    6 Failed Storage Technologies: What Microdrive, HiFD and Holographic Discs Teach Us

    Every few years, a storage technology arrives with a bold claim, a glossy demo and a roadmap that promises the moon. Then it vanishes. A recent How-To Geek feature by Goran Damnjanovic looks at six of these: IBM's Microdrive, IBM's 3850 Mass Storage System, Sony's HiFD, bubble memory, InPhase's...