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- From: waardenb@cs.utwente.nl (Jerry van Waardenberg)
- Subject: Sony Minidisk for PC
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.095328@cs.utwente.nl>
- Keywords: PC, Minidisk
- Sender: usenet@cs.utwente.nl
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- Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:53:28 GMT
- Lines: 41
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- Hi,
-
- A few days ago someone asked if the Sony Mini-Disk would be
- suitable for PC use. This weekend I came across an article about
- the Mini-Disk.
-
- Sony is developing a version of the Mini-Disk (MD) as storage medium
- for computer data. They believe the MD will replace the existing
- media like floppies and optical disks in a short period of time.
-
- The MD can contain 184 MB of raw data. Formatted it is possible
- to store approx. 130 MB, which is far less than a CD-ROM. Access
- time and throughput will be higher than conventional optical
- discs, because MD can erase and write in a single pass, whereas
- conventional optical disks need one revolution for erasing and a
- second for writing. Sony claims that a MD can be rewritten over
- one million times and it will last as long as a conventional CD.
-
- The MD will be significantly cheaper than a floppy disk: One MD
- will cost 10 to 15 US dollars, which brings the price per MB to
- approx. 10 cents. A conventional 1.44MB floppy costs about $1 per
- MB (at least, here in Holland), which is ten times that of MD.
-
- It will last at least two years before the MD will be widely
- available. Sony wants to concentrate on the audio market first
- and also wants to make agreements with other manufacturers for a
- standard interface for MD.
-
- Greetz,
-
- Jerry
-
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- University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands _/ _/ _/ _/ _/
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