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    LGR Oddware - MiniDisc Data Storage: Sony MDH-10

    LGR

    3 HN mentions · mentioned in 3 months, 2020–2023

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    16:15 · 623K views · Aug 17, 2018

    An LGR Oddware episode looking at Sony's MDH-10 MD Data drive from 1995, which used MiniDisc for computer storage years before Hi-MD. The host tries out the drive with its original drivers and software.

    HN cites it as the go-to video on the little-known MD Data format, mostly in MiniDisc and obsolete-media threads.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @goosedragonsFeb 2023· in “Toshiba HD-DVD firmware archive”

      They did. MD Data was a thing. It just flopped super hard. It was way too expensive over Zip disc for a minor storage increase and size decrease. LGR did an Oddware video about it a few years back: this video

      CitesView on HN
    2. @fredoraliveNov 2022· in “Dissecting a Dummy Promo MiniDisc”

      Sony did release drives, DGR looks at one in this video for example this video . It's yet another example in the weird graveyard of replacements for the 1.44MB floppy that didn't catch on.

      CitesView on HN
    3. @dijitMar 2020· in “Dumping MiniDisc Media”

      Seems like you're right but I never-ever saw this: this video Although it seems like it's not really minidisks.

      CitesView on HN