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What was cool in MiniDisc
Jan 98: Derek
Streeter (and others) learn how to
disable SCMS on a Sony MZ-R50 . 18 Sep: Lo Fan
spots Sony's announcement of their new docking portable, the MZ-R5ST,
in
Japanese (or peek at the hasty English
summary ). 13 Sep: Sony
announces (in
Japanese ) their MZ-R50, E35 and E25 MD portables (with the salient
points covered in an English
translation ).
4 Sep 97: Running on
reserve: Wolfgang Buresch punches through the 74:59 barrier , packing
up to 80m16s of audio on an MD! He also has further information on
creating
virtual MD tracks .
21 Mar: Still not MD
and still cool, an extensive set of pages now exist for Hitachi's disk based MPEG camcorder .
9 Mar: Hardeep finds Sharp's
comprehensive MD-PS1 digital camera pages . 6 Mar: Stephen Voser shows
details of the MD
manufacturing process , including an instructive gif animation of
the BPS Sprinter's disc carousel. 4 Mar: A peek
into the Audio MiniDisc Table of
Contents .
2 Mar: Another page on JVC's new XM-R2 MD recorder with the PDA-like pen
input. 13 Feb: The European
Commission has started a project to develop a Music On Demand
system, using MPEG Layer 3 and ISDN. 12 Feb: We interview
Balzer's Process Systems about the manufacture of MiniDisc
blanks . 5 Feb: Maxell's latest
optical disc technology offers 20 times the storage of CD.
(Thanks George!) 17 Jan: PC Watch reported
that Sony showed a concept stage prototype ``Picture MD Camera'' at Windows World
'96. 17 Jan:
Hardeep snoops out Sharp's comprehensive page for their new MD-MS200
portable recorder . 16 Dec: Sony will introduce a 650MB MiniDisc Data format this
Spring. This is also briefly mentioned in a PC
World Article . No word yet on what, if anything, this means for
the audio MD format. (Thanks to Colin and Hardeep, and to Harry Singer for
translation assistance).