On 12/2/99 11:33 AM, victor@gear.torque.net
[mailto:victor@gear.torque.net] wrote:
>On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, James L. Johnson wrote:
>> ------------------
>> >If only someone invented a gadget that plays MP3's stored on MiniDisks...
>> >Would kick all these Rio's etc. off the surface of the earth immediately.
>> ------------------
>> Hmmm...
>>
>> Not sure this would work. They both use a compression algorithm:
>> MP3 (MPEG layer 3?)
>> MiniDisc (ATRAC?)
>>
>> Could you 'double compress'? I don't think so, but I could be wrong.
>>
>I think he meant putting MP3 files on MD-Data discs. MD-Data was a
>short-lived (read: now discontinued and unsupported) format that allowed
>you to use MD media as data devices. Each disk stored about 100MB of data
>(same as a ZIP disk). But, there was never a portable MD-data drive.
You're mistaken. Sony made a portable MD-DATA drive. I own it. It's
about the size of a pack of cigarettes, is battery powered, and has a
mini-SCSI connector on the back. Plays MD-Audio too (but doesn't record
MD-Audio discs, for some blazingly stupid reason, considering Sony also
sold MD recorders at the time. For the price, it should have!
- Bill
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