Messages in this thread | | | Date | 15 Sep 1998 21:52:19 -0000 | From | Lieven Marchand <> | Subject | Re: NEWSFLASH! Linux ported to Commodore VIC-20!! |
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Geert Uytterhoeven writes: > On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, David Mandala wrote: > > The portable recordable Minidisk as I understand its technology is a lossy > > hardware compression which works for audio but it would be tossing away > > data. I suspect it would not work. > Yes, but the actual data on the disk is lossless (error corrected) digital. If > Sony would add a digital data input/output, it would work Since MD compresses > sound to 1/6th, one MD can store about 110 MB of uncompressed raw data. > > Besides, for CD-ROM they use stronger error correction than for CD-DA, because > it's worse to lose data than to hear a bit of noise or a scratch. > > [*] Didn't I read some time ago they were planning to do that? Or are they > pushing DAT and AIC for backup only?
They already did. I saw a review of a MD for backup in a trade rag some time ago (DataNews I think). They found it too slow to be useful.
Lieven
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