>[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 ==
[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.
2) MD
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I would question your first point... ;)
>
> Agree that write speed would be less than read speed; however if you
> consider that a MD recorder can accept a streaming digital input of CD
> quality audio (via the optical in), encode it with ATRAC, AND write it to
> t
From: Magic
> I think I would rather boot my OS from something
> that looked like a brick than a "Hello Kitty"
> anything!
Damned straight. I got a semi-random selection of blanks mailed to me from a
friend living in Japan for a few years. I was certain that they'd send a
'Hello-Kitty' disc in
From: Hannes Rohde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 1999 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: MD: MO technology and MD data usage
Hannes made the comment:
> After all, minidiscs look far better than zip discs!
I agree
Hannes then trashed his o
Remko van der Vossen wrote:
> >if you consider that a MD recorder can accept a streaming
> >digital input of CD quality audio (via the optical in), encode
> >it with ATRAC, AND write it to the disk, all in real-time -
> >then i think you'll find the bandwidth of the system quite
> >sufficient fo
At 07:33 PM 11/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I would question your first point... ;)
>
>Agree that write speed would be less than read speed; however if you
>consider that a MD recorder can accept a streaming digital input of CD
>quality audio (via the optical in), encode it with ATRAC, AND write it
have been obseleted years ago...
IMO anyways ;)
L8r,
mark...
-Original Message-
Subject: Re: MD: MO technology and MD data usage
The write speed is probably the biggest problem (ie I would think the read
speed would be less of a factor) - there is a finite time taken to heat the
met
I think there are a couple of reasons for this:
The write speed is probably the biggest problem (ie I would think the read
speed would be less of a factor) - there is a finite time taken to heat the
metallic substrate to it's Curie Point and also a finite time from that
point for the write magne
