=================================================== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = =================================================== hey, just picked up a RZ55, and was wondering if anyone has had any luck with the infamous battery life problem; i remember seeing some radio shack batteries that could go for 20 hours or so. steve riley. media. look. listen. everlasting peace: http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name <http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name=maldor> =maldor <http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name=maldor> > -----Original Message----- > From: Stainless Steel Rat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 7:59 PM > To: MD-L > Subject: Re: MD: 80 minute discs > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > * Simon Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 25 Oct 1999 > | I went into Richer Sounds (UK) on Saturday to buy some 80 > minute discs > (I > | haven't seen them for sale anywhere locally yet). The salesman told > me: "We > | don't sell 'em - too unreliable". When I pressed him for details, he > told me > | the new discs "take the tracks right to the edge, and most > MD machines > can't > | cope", so they stopped selling them to prevent further returns. > > In short, that is BS. > > The MD-80 format has been approved by Sony, and is certified to work > with > all players and recorders. Now, the MD-74 discs with a > modified TOC to > allow 80 minutes recording, those will do what said salesdweeb said. > But > the commercially available MD-80s are not a problem (unless > your player > is > defective). > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.0e (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE4FPzfgl+vIlSVSNkRAhtZAJ9bemzjeLEE88Pyldb8ZCXGdDH/bACeKDEc > gxskpQXqFvswm3k4qIf2h68= > =TOaW > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > Rat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ Happy Fun Ball contains a liquid > core, > Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ which, if exposed due to rupture, > should > PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ not be touched, > inhaled, or looked > at. > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]