>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Due to a high error ratio of a minidisc (which isn't a problem for audio)
> > it is not as suitable for data as you'd think, which leads to a lot of
> > redundancy, ie the disk will probably be much less than 140 Mb, more like
> > 100-120
>
>Huh???
>
>1) MD-Data == 140MB.
you're right, got that correction from another member already, always
thought that the disk was 140 Mb's raw, turns out to be about 160, my mistake.
>2) MD-Data uses another error correction algorithm than MD-Audio
Of course, if you'd use the audio correction you'd have a lot more errors
>3) MD-Data uses another type of disk
>4) MD-Data != MD-Audio
I know, I know
>MD-Data was an attempt of Sony to introduce a portable media based on
>MO technology. It had three major problems:
>
>1) To expensive:
> Drives costed about $1000,- at the introduction.
>2) SCSI 2
> MD-Data drives connected to SCSI-2. Back in 1994? (Rick, help me out),
> during the introduction of MD-Data, SCSI-2 interfaces where expensive.
> Almost at the same time, the ZIP drive was introduced. The media was
> almost the same price, but the drive was about 3 times less expensive!
> And it connected to the Parallel port!
>3) To slow
> 150kBs was to slow compared to other portable media back then. You could
> buy a 240MB 3.5" MO drive for a 'few' dollars more, that outperformed the
> MD-Data drive.
Yep, indeed, I know the problem, right now, buy a SCSI 2 Gb Jazz, thos
things are cool...
>Cheers,
>Ralph -> Who is glad that there are other Dutch on this list.
Greetingz, en 'tga je goed.
Guess, you know C, Java or javascript... (the == and !=)...
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