SuperDisk

For another use, see MSD Super Disk. For the Super NES CD-ROM, see Super Disc. "LS120" redirects here; for another use, see Dot matrix printer#DEC's dot matrix printers. Not to be confused with Apple's SuperDrive.

The SuperDisk LS-120 is a high-speed, high-capacity alternative to the 90 mm (3.5 in), 1.44 MB floppy disk. The SuperDisk hardware was created by 3M's storage products group Imation in 1996, with manufacturing chiefly by Matsushita.

The SuperDisk had limited success in North America; Compaq, Gateway and Dell were among the relatively few OEMs to support it. The second-generation SuperDisk LS-240 drives saw broader distribution in Asia and Australia, where more models and media were released. LS-240 drives were also marketed in North America, including external USB models sold through retail channels, such as the QPS Que! SuperDisk 240 in 2001.

The widespread introduction of rewritable CD-ROMs around the same time undermined the role for the SuperDisk. SuperDisk worldwide ceased manufacturing in 2003.

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