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- From: phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin)
- Subject: Re: MiniDisc is here!
- In-Reply-To: rmg53668@dcl-nxt53's message of Fri, 25 Dec 1992 21:59:32 GMT
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- Date: 25 Dec 92 15:50:46
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- In article <Bzu539.DDt@news.cso.uiuc.edu> rmg53668@dcl-nxt53 (Ryan Martin Grant) writes:
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- MD still suffers from the same problems CD-ROMs do with regard to
- variable spin rates and inertia killing random seek times. I still
- look forward to a small portable disc capable of handling well over
- 100MB, but I do not expect it to replace my 250MB HD.
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- MD has 1/4th the transfer speed of CD (hence the 4:1 compression).
- This bit rate is comparable to a floppy. It is nothing like a
- hard disk.
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- I'd love to see MD's replace floppies. The one scary thing
- is the idea of taking 70 minutes (or even 35 minutes) to
- read or write one.
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