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- From: ibe1109@draper.com (Ira Ekhaus)
- Subject: Sony Mini CD or Philips DCC format for computer DATA?
- Message-ID: <IBE1109.92Dec16134212@etbsun1.draper.com>
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- Organization: Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:42:12 GMT
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- Hi,
-
- my local audio store says that the new Sony miniCD holds 74 minutes
- of stereo audio and can be RECORDED onto.
-
- Now for 16 bit stereo audio without compression that's
- 74*60*44100*2*2 = 783 216 000
- take into account compression factor of (~10) and we're
- still talking over 70 Mbytes with a respectable transer rate.
- The DCC's numbers are probably pretty similar.
-
- Does anyone know of plans to use this format as a backup or
- distribution format for computer data?
- It seems like a good idea, what's up?
-
- thanks,
-
- Ira
- ekhaus@draper.com
- Phone: 617 258 1109
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