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- From: deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca (Theo de Raadt)
- Subject: Re: MiniDisc is here!
- In-Reply-To: curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil's message of 30 Dec 92 06: 44:56 GMT
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- <DERAADT.92Dec27232721@newt.newt.cuc.ab.ca> <29089@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:02:00 GMT
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- In article <29089@oasys.dt.navy.mil> curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch) writes:
- In rec.audio, deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca (Theo de Raadt) writes:
- >What is the actual geometry and spacing of the disk? Is it 72M or 200M
- >in size or what?
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- What do you mean? What does 72M or 200M mean? The articles I have don't
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- I mean, if you stored uncompressed digital information on an MD, how many
- megabytes would it hold?
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- I'm not just thinking about audio usage. If this device is large enough
- and fast enough, then I think it just might be the replacement for the
- 3.5" floppy.
- <tdr.
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- This space not left unintentionally unblank. deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca
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