Editing SuperDisk (section)

==History==
The design of the SuperDisk system came from an early 1990s project at [[Iomega]]. It is one of the last examples of [[floptical]] technology, where [[laser]]s are used to guide a magnetic head which is much smaller than those used in traditional floppy disk drives. Iomega orphaned the project around the time they decided to release the [[Zip drive]] in 1994. The idea eventually ended up at 3M, where the concept was refined and the design was licensed to established floppy drive makers [[Panasonic|Matsushita]] and [[Mitsubishi Electric|Mitsubishi]]. Other companies involved in the development of SuperDisk include Compaq and OR Technology.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

Matsushita continued development of the technology and released the LS-240. It has double the capacity of the LS-120 and the added feature of being able to [[Superformatting|format regular floppy disks to 32&nbsp;MB capacity]].<ref name="Sherriff_2000"/> However, this higher density comes at a price – the entire disk must be rewritten any time a change is made, much like early [[CD-RW]] media.

A SuperDisk drive was used in two Panasonic [[digital camera]]s, the PV-SD4090<ref name="Panasonic_SD4090"/> and PV-SD5000,<ref name="Panasonic_SD5000"/> which allowed them to use both SuperDisk (LS-120) and 3.5″ floppy disks as the [[Digital camera memory media|memory media]].{{fact|date=June 2024}}