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0 pointspjc5010y ago0 comments

They did, a little later (95?): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD_Data

It was very expensive, and apparently not fast enough to use effectively "online", and required SCSI; so relegated to the backup market and competition with commodity tape.

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agumonkey10y ago

Ha, I stand corrected, I never cared to investigate, and only remember the late 90s attempts.

This article says a little about the errors of splitting MD between audio and generic data http://www.minidisc.org/econ113-paper.htm

Amazingly sad. Typical Sony ?

pjc50OP10y ago

Typical Sony. With a little help from the RIAA. They did it again with "memory stick". And UMD.

agumonkey10y ago

Yeah, even though the article gives plenty of additional data to explain how markets are weird beasts, Sony had so many failed attempts at bringing a new format ...

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0 pointspjc5010y ago0 comments

They did, a little later (95?): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD_Data

It was very expensive, and apparently not fast enough to use effectively "online", and required SCSI; so relegated to the backup market and competition with commodity tape.

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agumonkey10y ago

Ha, I stand corrected, I never cared to investigate, and only remember the late 90s attempts.

This article says a little about the errors of splitting MD between audio and generic data http://www.minidisc.org/econ113-paper.htm

Amazingly sad. Typical Sony ?

pjc50OP10y ago

Typical Sony. With a little help from the RIAA. They did it again with "memory stick". And UMD.

agumonkey10y ago

Yeah, even though the article gives plenty of additional data to explain how markets are weird beasts, Sony had so many failed attempts at bringing a new format ...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse