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- From: waardenb@cs.utwente.nl (Jerry van Waardenberg)
- Subject: Re: MiniDisk and PCs?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.092653@cs.utwente.nl>
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- Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science
- References: <1993Jan19.171021.7003@titan.inmos.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 08:26:53 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan19.171021.7003@titan.inmos.co.uk>, jeremy@cheetah.inmos.co.uk (Jeremy Thorp) writes:
- |> Does anyone know if anyone produces or is going to produce an interface for a Sony MiniDisk
- |> for a PC?
- |>
- |> It seems a potentially good idea - lots of data on a cheap read/writable random access device.
- |>
- |> Anyone know anything?
- |>
- |> Thanks
- |>
- |> Jeremy
- |>
- |>
- |> --
- |> Jeremy Thorp, INMOS Ltd, | jeremy@inmos.com
- |> 1000 Aztec West, Almondsbury, | jeremy@inmos.co.uk
- |> Bristol, BS12 4SQ, UK. |
- |> Tel. +44 454 616616 Fax. +44 454 617910
- |> The above is the personal opinion of the author,
- |> and does not necessarily reflect INMOS policy.
-
- As far as I know you need a lot more than just an interface. You probably need a
- complete new circuit for computer data. The compression algorithms used by the
- minidisk are not "1:1", i.e. you do not get the exact information back when you
- decompress.
-
- We have had some discussions here whether or not it is possible to use minidisk
- for storing computer data. It should be possible to store approx. 200 MB on such
- a disk, with a lot of compression. The problem is: Does the minidisk uses a
- track/sector scheme like ordinary computer disks do? As far as I know, it
- doesn't. So if you want to connect the minidisk to a computer, you need a new
- controller mechanism. Am I right?
-
- Jerry
-
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