Re: MD: Data storage through byte-tone conversion?

2000-07-07 Thread las
. Today you can get a 120MB USB SuperDisk drive $150. This is about the cheapest we see audio MD recorders available today. Granted the SuperDrive media is about $10/each. Hi Rick. Why bother with either. Although the initial investment may be a little more, you can buy an internal CD

Re: MD: Data storage through byte-tone conversion?

2000-07-07 Thread J. Coon
las wrote: It's unfortunate because I believe that the MD has so much over the CD. Size, durability etc. But flash memory has the MD beat in everything but price. Once they start making serious Mp3 recorders instead of those poor audio quality Rio toys. ATRAC is a lot better sounding

Re: MD: Data storage through byte-tone conversion?

2000-07-07 Thread las
I think it has more to do with the fact that Sony refused to license the format to othe vendors. THe competitors all had to go with VHS, and since there was more VHS equipment than Beta, Beta lost out. Same with Apple computers. Jim there were several other brand of Bata VCRs

Re: MD: Data storage through byte-tone conversion?

2000-07-06 Thread Jack Swindell
I had posted some musings about this on usenet a couple of weeks ago as well. Maybe there are enough of us thinking about this now to make something happen. Many years ago, there were early standards for data on cassette tape. One of the earliest was the "Kansas City" standard, which as I

Re: MD: Data storage through byte-tone conversion?

2000-07-06 Thread J. van de Griek
Jack Swindell wrote: I had posted some musings about this on usenet a couple of weeks ago as well. Maybe there are enough of us thinking about this now to make something happen. I agree, if not directly a practical thing, this might turn out to be a good (and fun) brain exercise.