Death of Digital Media: Jaz! Clik! Sparq! In no time, some of these storage devices leaped into oblivion. The media may survive, but will anyone be able to read them?

8" Floppy

Storage capacity: 100 KB - 1 MB

Years in use: 1971 - 1981

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5.25" Floppy

Storage capacity: 100 KB - 1.2 MB

Years in use: 1976 - mid-1980s

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3.5" Floppy

Storage capacity: 400 KB - 2.8 MB

Years in use: 1980 - present

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CD-ROM

Storage capacity: 650 - 900 MB

Years in use: 1982 - present

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12" Optical Disk

Storage capacity: 3.2 - 5 GB

Years in use: 1986 - 1992

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5.25" Optical Disk

Storage capacity: 650 MB

Years in use: 1988 - 1992

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Floptical Disk

Storage capacity: 21 MB

Years in use: 1991 - 1993

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ZIP Disk

Storage capacity: 100 MB - 750 MB

Years in use: 1995 - present

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DVD-ROM

Storage capacity: 4.7 - 17 GB

Years in use: 1996 - present

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Sparq Disk Cartridge

Storage capacity: 1 GB

Years in use: 1997 - 1998

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JAZ Disk

Storage capacity: 1 - 2GB

Years in use: 1998 - 2002

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Clik!

Storage capacity: 40 MB

Years in use: 1999 - 2001

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