[spiffistan]

I've been thinking that there oughta be a human-sized cartridge for data in general. Current SD-cards are flimsy, and it's just getting worse. The Minidisc/Gameboy cartridge/MiniCD form factor was something that was tangible but not oversized. It could go in your drawer and not be lost. You could write something informative on it.

[jareklupinski]

2.5" hard drives are imo perfect 'data-decks'

getting a single company to produce hard-drive docks / adapters that stack together for 10+ years consistently is another story...

[hypertele-Xii]

I've always loved the tactile feel of floppy disks. The way they slide into slot, lock into place, and plop out when you push the button.

I want a floppy disk form factor with a storage chip inside. As an added bonus, it should have an e-ink screen for labeling.

[jakzurr]

I loved the 3.5 floppies too. Maybe the Star Trek TOS "book-tape" was the right idea all along. Wonder if the in-universe people were clueless where the "tape" part of the name came from?

[Vexs]

Unsure if I'm getting wooshed here, but aren't you describing a flash drive?

[spiffistan]

Well, I'd like it to be a standard size I could stack. Maybe I'm just nostalgic but I pine for the days where I had a shelf full of self-burnt CD's. Shame they're so prone to bit rot.

[Orangeair]

How about high-density magnetic tape cartridges? They're pretty popular in enterprise for offline storage

https://www.ibm.com/products/3592-tape-cartridge

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ts11xx-tape-drive?topic=STPRH6/c...

[zzo38computer]

I dislike SD cards, too. I think Compact Flash is OK, although it might be better with a hardware write protect switch.