On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 00:00:01 +0000, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but did anyone see
> a MiniDisc drive availble for the PC?

> I remember seeing MiniDiscs used as a removeable data medias in some
> movies, and the MiniDisc themselves has the text "For Audio and Random
> Access Data" written on them.

> Pretty sure the thing can hold much more then a diskette, while still
> being cheaper then an IoMega ZIP drive diskette.

> So, anyone knows anything on this?
> (And to keep this letter on topic: Will it work on DOS?)

You are probably speaking of the Iomega Clik! Drive.  I have one in
my laptop.  Iomega has recently given this storage device a new name.
I forgot what it is currently called.  Some users have invented a
couple of cool names for it.  The storage device itself is about the
diameter of the old type silver dollar, but it is very thin.  It
slides into a PCMCIA card.  Holds 40 MB of data.  It works very well.
The problem with it is that I have been unable to access it directly
from native DOS, but it works fine in a "DOS-box" under Windows.
This is a very nice storage device.  I don't know why it isn't very
popular.

I have heard that there are a few types of digital cameras and MP3
players that use this kind of device instead of memory sticks and
SmartMedia and Compact Flash cards.  If anyone knows about a digital
camera using this device, please post info.

Sam Heywood


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