Re: MD: Unlimited SCMS from SBLive!?
LAS wrote: "J. Coon" wrote: If you made a recording to MD with microphones, it is an analog recording, and it will allow a digital copy to be made from it. However, if you make a digital copy of the MD to another MD, the SCMS bits will be set to not allow another digital copy to be made. That's absolutely correct, Jim. And it is wrong that you should not be able to make a digital copy of a copy of your own music. Suppose you decided to record some sessions that you band made. You should not be limited by SCMS. Yep, I agree and I ran into the very same problem. The way the law is written, really sucks. But the question that I have is this. Since ATRAC is a lossy technique, would you start to notice the degradation in sound quality on the first copy (second generation) MD? Or would it go undetected to the human ear for several copies of copies?? I have a recording that I think is about 5th genereation. It is on a sample MD the I gor from a list memeber some time ago. He recorder various test signals on it and made several generations of copies. It was hard to tell the difference from one copy to the next until you got past 5 generations, as I recall. I think the MD is still available. It was mentioned on the MD comunity page. Because I do not have an MD recorder that is capable of defeating SCMS there is no way that I can test this theory myself. Has anyone ever experimented with this?? I know that Eric W. has a recorder that can bypass SCMS. Regards, Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: New Member
Hi I'm new to the list, and minidisk having got a Sharp portable recorder for Christmas (the one that was on offer for £99.99 in Dixons). But I did something really stupid and bought a battery powered microphone for a minidisk that only takes plug in power ones! Would it be possible to take the battery compartment off the microphone by cutting and somehow sticking it back together so that it works? -- Joanne Harrod BSc (Yes, I finally got my degree) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: No date on JE520
Hi list! I just found out that when i push the "D" button (Above the "4") on the remote of my MDS-JE520, there appears "No date" on the display. Does anyone know what that means? I can't find anything about it in the manual... Greetingz, Joost. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: AC Adapter
I'm in the UK and I have a Japanese model Sharp 821. I bought this about 8 months ago from Electronics Shopping Mall together with a Newstar NF-60 AC adapter (220v to 100v). I also have the Sharp adapter (AD-MD1AP 100v to 5v) which I assume comes as standard with the Japanese models. Unfortunately, the Newstar adapter has blown up leaving me with no immediate means of charging the minidisc. Does anyone know where in the UK I can source a replacement adapter (i.e. 3-pin plug to 2-pin socket, 240v to 100v)? Better still, is the Sharp adapter for UK models (ADT20APE I think) available to purchase separately? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: New Member
THe MD should be impedance protected, so it would hurt anythng Joanne Harrod wrote: Hi I'm new to the list, and minidisk having got a Sharp portable recorder for Christmas (the one that was on offer for £99.99 in Dixons). But I did something really stupid and bought a battery powered microphone for a minidisk that only takes plug in power ones! Would it be possible to take the battery compartment off the microphone by cutting and somehow sticking it back together so that it works? -- Joanne Harrod BSc (Yes, I finally got my degree) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: New Member
From: Joanne Harrod [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 11:33 AM Subject: MD: New Member Hi I'm new to the list, and minidisk having got a Sharp portable recorder for Christmas (the one that was on offer for £99.99 in Dixons). But I did something really stupid and bought a battery powered microphone for a minidisk that only takes plug in power ones! Would it be possible to take the battery compartment off the microphone by cutting and somehow sticking it back together so that it works? It should be possible, but it will depend n the mic and how good you are with electronics. It's certainly not something I would recommend - better to just buy a different mic and sell the other one, or better still try taking it back to the shop for a swap. You can plug battery powered mics into the Line In socket on your MD instead of the mic socket, but you may not get as much volume from the mic. Whether the volume you get is enough will obviously depend on what you are recording. I record a lot of music with mine in pubs and clubs, so I get plenty of volume from Line In. Joanne Harrod BSc (Yes, I finally got my degree) Congratulations!!! Magic -- "Creativity is more a birthright than an acquisition, and the power of sound is wisdom and understanding applied to the power of vibration." Location : Portsmouth, England, UK Homepage : http://www.mattnet.freeserve.co.uk EMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MZ-R55 to KEYBOARD???
Is there any way to hook up my sony Mz-R55 to my keyborad to name the songs??? No. The closest thing you can get is to reverse engineer the Sony remote protocol and to do PART of the titling from a computer, but it won't be extremely easy to construct. It does require a bit of programming knowledge. Similar to the Sharp MS7xx titling interface, you can speed up the process by calculating how many presses of forward/backward/shift are required to reach a particular character, and then executing it via the interface. See http://my.nichols.de/meierth/MD70X.HTML for the 7xx interface. - Ed. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: AC Adapter
Does anyone know where in the UK I can source a replacement adapter (i.e. 3-pin plug to 2-pin socket, 240v to 100v)? Better still, is the Sharp adapter for UK models (ADT20APE I think) available to purchase separately? Any AC adapter that's rated for 4.5v to 5.5v at 700mA to around 900mA should techinically work with the unit as long as it has the same plug. Don't take my word for it, though. Sony 4.5v at 700mA adapters have been reported to work fine, albiet charging at a slower speed. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: SBlive with Hoontech DB III on Win 2000
working perfectly. When I installed Windows 2000 it stopped working. Of course in Windows 2000 i haven't installed the LiveWare software but the card seems to be working fine in anything else. Does anybody know what S/PDIF support comes purely through the drivers. Make sure the drivers you're using actually support S/PDIF. If they don't, find ones that do. No, I don't have an SBLive! so I can't help you beyond this. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: AC Adapter
At 13:45 06/02/00 +, you wrote: I'm in the UK and I have a Japanese model Sharp 821. I bought this about 8 months ago from Electronics Shopping Mall together with a Newstar NF-60 AC adapter (220v to 100v). I also have the Sharp adapter (AD-MD1AP 100v to 5v) which I assume comes as standard with the Japanese models. Unfortunately, the Newstar adapter has blown up leaving me with no immediate means of charging the minidisc. Does anyone know where in the UK I can source a replacement adapter (i.e. 3-pin plug to 2-pin socket, 240v to 100v)? Better still, is the Sharp adapter for UK models (ADT20APE I think) available to purchase separately? I can get you a decent 1000mA AC adapter, with a regulated 5V DC output, which is actually better than the one which Sharp supply. It should work fine with any Sharp machine, as I have done one for a friend's MD-MS831 which he bought from Japan, and another for someone else with an MD-MT161 (exclusive to Dixons, in case you've never heard of this model). It also works fine on my 722, although I have the proper adapter for that anyway. Right, enough waffling - to the point. I can get you one and put the special yellow DC plug on it, and send it to you for 20 GBPounds, including PP to anywhere in the UK. Let me know so I can order one up for you if you want one :-) Cheers, Wrighty - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: SBlive with Hoontech DB III on Win 2000
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === It sounds like a driver problem to me. Windows 2000 really isn't Windows at all. It's Windows NT 5.0. I would contact the company that supplies the digital optical output capability. LAS Magic wrote: Hi, Sorry if this mail is irrelevant but I am in great need... I have a Sound Blaster Live! with a Hoontech SB DB III. On Windows 98 the optical out was working perfectly. When I installed Windows 2000 it stopped working. Of course in Windows 2000 i haven't installed the LiveWare software but the card seems to be working fine in anything else. Does anybody know what do i have to do to be able to use my optical out in Windows 2000 ? Thanx in advance, Magic [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Unlimited SCMS from SBLive!?
David: G If I make an analogue recording to my hard disk it has no SCMS bits set, G or is classed as 'unlimited digital copy'. Er, no. Depending on your ripping software, usually it will be stored, regardless of whether the connection from your MD player to your hard disk was analog or digital, in some format that has no SCMS information at all, like .wav or .mp3. If later your soundcard generates S/PDIF output from it to record to CDR or MD, the soundcard will have to think of some way to set the SCMS bits in the outgoing S/PDIF stream. OK, so my hard disc analogue recordings .wav files contain no SCMS information. Is it not surprising though that my soundcard drivers output these files over the optical out with SCMS set to unlimited? I'd have expected it to send something like "SCMS-unknown" so that the MD would then generate an "SCMS-penultimate" recording, instead of sending "SCMS-unlimited". John - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: How to tell Sony
I can't remember if the last Japanese domestic Sony item I purchased had a card like that. But then again, everything was in Japanese. So how would I know even if it was there? Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Unlimited SCMS from SBLive!?
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === how does that work, if you spend 3 or 4 hundred bucks on one of those good ones that's usable for radio applications, maybe then scms is defeatable. At 03:07 AM 2/6/00 -0500, you wrote: LAS wrote: "J. Coon" wrote: If you made a recording to MD with microphones, it is an analog recording, and it will allow a digital copy to be made from it. However, if you make a digital copy of the MD to another MD, the SCMS bits will be set to not allow another digital copy to be made. That's absolutely correct, Jim. And it is wrong that you should not be able to make a digital copy of a copy of your own music. Suppose you decided to record some sessions that you band made. You should not be limited by SCMS. Yep, I agree and I ran into the very same problem. The way the law is written, really sucks. But the question that I have is this. Since ATRAC is a lossy technique, would you start to notice the degradation in sound quality on the first copy (second generation) MD? Or would it go undetected to the human ear for several copies of copies?? I have a recording that I think is about 5th genereation. It is on a sample MD the I gor from a list memeber some time ago. He recorder various test signals on it and made several generations of copies. It was hard to tell the difference from one copy to the next until you got past 5 generations, as I recall. I think the MD is still available. It was mentioned on the MD comunity page. Because I do not have an MD recorder that is capable of defeating SCMS there is no way that I can test this theory myself. Has anyone ever experimented with this?? I know that Eric W. has a recorder that can bypass SCMS. Regards, Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brent Harding Watch ads for over $20 per hour! Visit this site to join ad vision! http://www.bepaid.com/users.rhtml?REFID=10160429 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: SBlive with Hoontech DB III on Win 2000
The CR copies of Windows 2000 really lack drivers. But Win 2000 is designed for business use more then people interested in doing things with video and audio. I'm not sure that Microsoft will ever develop drivers for many things. You had better hope that the sound card manufacture has develops a driver. Windows 2000 is going to very disappointing for people that are looking for a new version of Windows and not NT. NT is a true operating system, but it is not as user friendly as Windows. Larry "Lynch, Jason JD" wrote: Hi Magic, I've had the same problem when i put my new Hoontech card in my machine running Win2000 / Win95 (dual boot). When i start up in win95 all is fine, but win2000 won't support the card. I've done a bit of research on this, and basically i've discovered that we'll need to wait until win2000 is officially released to get a hold of some drivers and liveware software for W2K. I'd say Creative are sitting on a brand spankin set of drivers for the SBLive and are just waiting for that win2000 release date to hand them out (Feb 17 is it?). - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Unlimited SCMS from SBLive!?
Brent Harding wrote: === = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === how does that work, if you spend 3 or 4 hundred bucks on one of those good ones that's usable for radio applications, maybe then scms is defeatable. At 03:07 AM 2/6/00 -0500, you wrote: Brent, I'm confused. When you say "one of those good ones", what specifically are you referring to? Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: SBlive with Hoontech DB III on Win 2000
From: "LAS" [EMAIL PROTECTED] The CR copies of Windows 2000 really lack drivers. But Win 2000 is designed for business use more then people interested in doing things with video and audio. I'm not sure that Microsoft will ever develop drivers for many things. You had better hope that the sound card manufacture has develops a driver. Windows 2000 is going to very disappointing for people that are looking for a new version of Windows and not NT. NT is a true operating system, but it is not as user friendly as Windows. Larry "Lynch, Jason JD" wrote: Hi Magic, I've had the same problem when i put my new Hoontech card in my machine running Win2000 / Win95 (dual boot). When i start up in win95 all is fine, but win2000 won't support the card. I've done a bit of research on this, and basically i've discovered that we'll need to wait until win2000 is officially released to get a hold of some drivers and liveware software for W2K. I'd say Creative are sitting on a brand spankin set of drivers for the SBLive and are just waiting for that win2000 release date to hand them out (Feb 17 is it?). I thought microsoft were gonna do a "final" release of Win 9x aka Win 2000 for home users who may need support for DOS apps, and an update of NT called Windows Millenium for business users. I might have got those two MS app names mixed up and if so I apologise. I have also heard that Win2000 (the Win98 follow-on I mean) might not have a native DOS mode, ie it doesn't have your old AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS and can't run a lot of older programs. Is this true as if it is I will definitely stick with Win98 for some time. If it can run a stable and fully supported DOS session I may consider it (but please no horse jokes about the "stable" :-) And since this was an OS related email, hats off to the guy who ends "the day MS doesn't suck is when they develop a vacuum cleaner!". I love you, that left me helpless for over 5 mins! Cheers, PrinceGaz -- "if it harms none, do what you will" Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://website.lineone.net/~princegaz/ ICQ: 36892193 Earn a minimum of $20 per hour by watching ads on the net! Visit http://www.bepaid.com/users.rhtml?REFID=10164669 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Solid State media vs. MiniDisc - cost calculations
I originally posted this on Slashdot, ready to refute FUD about MD and correct points. Seeing as how a guy claimed that a couple of SmartMedia cards to swap music, I whipped out my trusty calculator and did some calculations. I thought some of you might find this to be of at least mild interest. The original message: - Let's compare prices here. A 64MB CF card costs from $150 to $200. And it stores around 60-62 minutes of 128kilobit MP3 data. Now, I only record my favourite tracks to minidisc. It just so happens that I listen to a lot of music. I carry around 12 MiniDiscs (In a pair of TDK MusicJack cases), and every single track in there is golden. The "so-so" tracks may be recorded onto other discs, which I have around 20 of which I don't listen to too much. If I don't use the cases it actually doesn't take up much space. Okay, all 12 of the discs are filled to the brink. There's usually around 73 minutes on them (there's usually around one or two minutes left at the end which I can't fit a complete track in). 73 minutes/disc * 12 discs = 876 minutes 876 minutes * 60 seconds/minute = 52560 seconds 52560 seconds * 131072 bits/sec = 6889144320 bits 6889144320 bits / 8 bits/byte = 861143040 bytes 861143040 bytes / 1048576 bytes/megabyte = 821.25 megabytes 821.25 megabytes / 64 megabytes/card ~= 12.83 cards. Since you can't have fractional cards, we'll round it up to 13. 13 cards * 165 dollars/card = 2145 dollars. Note that $165 per 64MB card is a relatively optimistic price already. Two boxes of TDK Colour MusicJacks cost me HK$69 each. According to the current exchange rate of US$0.1285 per Hong Kong dollar at 8:30pm today, that's ~$17.73. Okay, discs in the US and Canada are around $1.50 to $2 if you know where to look. (Note that $165 per 64MB CF card is also a price quoted for "if you know where to look"). Let's make it $2.50. 2.5 dollars/disc * 12 discs = 31.25 dollars Let's look at the ratio, shall we? 2145 : 31.25 = 68.64 : 1 So CompactFlash media costs 68.64 times more than MiniDisc media. Then again, if you listen to the same songs over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again, suit yourself. Get MP3. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: SBlive with Hoontech DB III on Win 2000
Win2000 = NT5 Windows Millenium Ed. = win 9x eD - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Unlimited SCMS from SBLive!?
John Graham wrote: OK, so my hard disc analogue recordings .wav files contain no SCMS information. Is it not surprising though that my soundcard drivers output these files over the optical out with SCMS set to unlimited? I'd have expected it to send something like "SCMS-unknown" so that the MD would then generate an "SCMS-penultimate" recording, instead of sending "SCMS-unlimited". I don't think that is a valid status for the SCMS bits. They are recorded and can be turned on and off in varioous combinations, to allow unlimited copies, one copy, or no dopies. I don't think "unknown" is one of the choices. -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Unlimited SCMS from SBLive!?
Brent Harding wrote: How does that work, if you spend 3 or 4 hundred bucks on one of those good ones that's usable for radio applications, maybe then scms is defeatable. I think the professional machines (Denon I believe) cost about a grand or more. http://www.minidisc.org/part_Denon_DMD-1500.html -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MiniDisc Weekly News for 6 February 2000
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 30 January 2000 o Tim Russell takes a close look at Sony's solid state [1]Music Clip player and its SDMI constraints. His recommendation: stick with MiniDisc. [1] http://members.home.com/timruss/musicclip.html o Jimmy Bogard points out the $35 Korean [2]SoundTrack Digital NX sound card with Coax and TOSlink output. [2] http://digitalaudio.co.kr/cgi-bin/kk.cgi?action=viewbnum=36 o Luis finds one we missed: a Gadget Guru [3]commentary on the Sharp/Voquette Internet bundle. [3] http://www.gadgetguru.com/AX001951.HTML o The T-station and MiniDisc HK are offering a weekly [4]contest to win MD blanks. [4] http://www.t-station.net/sweepstake.html MiniDisc Community Pages News for 31 January 2000 o Timothy Stockman kindly sends in the (pdf) manual for Sony's [1]MD Editor 2 software, the program that comes with their PC connectable [2]MDS-PC2 deck. [1] http://www.minidisc.org/mds-pc2_software_manual.pdf [2] http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MDS-PC2.html o Robert Jung [3]clarifies Sony Music Clip's MP3 capabilities. [3] http://www.minidisc.org/sony_musicclip.html o Bas Oort offers some tidbits about the [4]Sharp MD-MT15 service mode. [4] http://www.minidisc.org/sharp_md_mt15_service_mode.htm o Tim Corcoran submits a review of [5]Sony's SRS-T1 active speakers, he considers them a vital part of his MD travel kit. [5] http://www.minidisc.org/srst1/srst1.html MiniDisc Community Pages News for 1 February 2000 o Kobayashi Yu finds photos and Japanese info for Sharp's [1]MD-ST55, world's smallest and thinnest player (71x12.8x78mm). Features charging stand, charging LED (flashes while charging, extinguishes when done) and battery life of 21h (NIMH), 31h (AA), or 56h (both). [1] http://www.sharp.co.jp/sc/eihon/mdst55/text/index.html o Chris Dom spots Erikson's [2]combined MP3 player and cell phone, no wireless downloading however. [2] http://equip.zdnet.com/communications/cellularphones/10266/overview_1026a.html o Timothy Stockman points out a page for hacking Sony's [3]Slink CAV-1 interface, felt to be similar to the MDS-PC2's CAV-50C. [3] http://www.sonymods.com o Sony UK dealer Total Audio's [4]MDS-E11 page has free RS-232 control software for the MDS-E11 and MDS-E52 pro decks that allows track titling, playlists, remote control, etc. The RS-232 protocol for the decks is also available there. [4] http://www.totalaudio.co.uk/MiniDisc/e11.htm o Mark van Rossum has written [5]free software for titling and controlling MD decks via an [6]IR interface you can build. [5] http://www.virtualremote.co.uk/ [6] http://www.ziplabel.com/cir MiniDisc Community Pages News for 2 February 2000 o Peter Ravn notes [1]SRTL (UK) carries TDK blanks. [1] http://www.srtl.co.uk/srtl/tdk.html MiniDisc Community Pages News for 3 February 2000 o Timothy Stockman reviews the [1]Sony MDS-PC2 deck. [1] http://www.minidisc.org/sony_mdspc2_review.html o Francisco Jose Montilla points out an [2]Slink to PC interface you can build or buy. He also finds [3]Sony S-Link Resource center. [2] http://tim-trolinger.dynip.com/personal/discjockey-myslink.HTM [3] http://www.brian-patti.com/s-link MiniDisc Community Pages News for 4 February 2000 o Chuck Monfradi points out Ubid.com, a site auctioning company merchandise. They offer [1]MD portables and [2]decks and currently have a Sharp MD-MS722 for $125 after $50 rebate. [1] http://www.ubid.com/cat/1017.asp [2] http://www.minidisc.org//www.ubid.com/cat/1014.asp Minidisco... Feel The Love http://www.minidisco.com/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: paper help
Hi everyone, I'm writing a research paper on the Minidisc, and I'd like to ask for some help. I found the minidisc.org site very helpful! The topic I want to investigate is the dichotomy between the Japanese and US minidisc markets. Does anyone know of any books/articles which discuss this phenomenon? Also, any pointers or ideas would be great too. So far I have only speculations such as the high cost of CDs in Japan (but why are they more expensive over there?? what events lead to the higher price?), the competition with Philips's DCC, and the Japanese's predilection for technological gizmos. I could talk about marketing, but Sony has tried numerous times in the US, so there must be an underlying reason for the multiple failures. As of now, I have tons of articles from the Economist, Wall Street Journal, etc.. but most of them just talk about the failures of MD in the US market. Not much about how Sony "replaced" CDs with MDs in Japan. thanks in advance, -Brandon Hong - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Solid State media vs. MiniDisc - cost calculations
I originally posted this on Slashdot, ready to refute FUD about MD and correct points. Seeing as how a guy claimed that a couple of SmartMedia cards to swap music, I whipped out my trusty calculator and did some calculations. I thought some of you might find this to be of at least mild interest. Shame, I've just used up my day's moderator points on some other pro-MD posts :) -- Simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: SBlive with Hoontech DB III on Win 2000
I thought microsoft were gonna do a "final" release of Win 9x aka Win 2000 for home users who may need support for DOS apps, and an update of NT called Windows Millenium for business users. I might have got those two MS app names mixed up and if so I apologise. Other way round - Windows 2000 is an extended (USB, DirectX, etc) version of NT, while Windows Millenium (now called Windows Me afaik) will be the final Win9x-based OS, which will basically be another paid-for service pack for Win95. -- Simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Identity of Memorex/Sony MD Blanks
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Memorex must have switched manufactures. The ones that I have were made in France! I think that they may be high space. Larry "Tim H" writes: I just bought a box of Memorex MD Blanks at Best Buy (they have 20 pack for $40.) and it seems that they're the same as Sony Color Collection discs. Sony media has "Recordable MD JS5154" on the inner ring of the disc while the Memorex has "Recordable MD JS5152" on them. And on the outside (underneath), the sony has CB510298 and Memorex has CA519090. They're probably the lot number. They are both made in Korea so I guess one company OEMs them all. Why pay more for the same discs? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
