Shaped like a 3.5 floppy disk, but totally solid state. What is it? Not an SD card.

It is a SmartMedia card. This one has a massive 32MB capacity. It was used in digital cameras, digital audio recorders, even in music gear from companies like Roland and Boss.

But what is up with the shape?

#retrocomputing #retrogear #synth #digitalphotography #history #storage