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by NikkiA 660 days ago
The most ironic thing, IMO, is that at the time everyone seemed to be holding their breath for Castlewood's 'Orb drive', which promised the perfection of a fast and big storage media.

It was delayed so long that by the time it actually reached the market it didn't get noticed.

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Never heard of Orb, but once upon a time, I was waiting for Tandy’s THOR. Before that Flieschman-Ponds cold fusion.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor-CD