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Hi,

A few days ago someone asked if the Sony Mini-Disk would be
suitable for PC use. This weekend I came across an article about
the Mini-Disk.

Sony is developing a version of the Mini-Disk (MD) as storage medium
for computer data. They believe the MD will replace the existing
media like floppies and optical disks in a short period of time.

The MD can contain 184 MB of raw data. Formatted it is possible
to store approx. 130 MB, which is far less than a CD-ROM. Access
time and throughput will be higher than conventional optical
discs, because MD can erase and write in a single pass, whereas
conventional optical disks need one revolution for erasing and a
second for writing. Sony claims that a MD can be rewritten over
one million times and it will last as long as a conventional CD.

The MD will be significantly cheaper than a floppy disk: One MD
will cost 10 to 15 US dollars, which brings the price per MB to
approx. 10 cents. A conventional 1.44MB floppy costs about $1 per
MB (at least, here in Holland), which is ten times that of MD.

It will last at least two years before the MD will be widely
available. Sony wants to concentrate on the audio market first
and also wants to make agreements with other manufacturers for a
standard interface for MD.

Greetz,

Jerry


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 Jerry van Waardenberg                             _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/
 Tele Informatics and Open Systems                  _/     _/   _/  _/ _/
 Department of Computer Science                    _/     _/   _/  _/   _/
 University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands  _/     _/   _/  _/     _/
 E-mail: waardenb@cs.utwente.nl                  _/   _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/