On 13 Mar 2002 at 0:33, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: >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
Actually, the MiniDisc and the Click! (now PocketZip) are quite different things. MiniDisc is primarily a Sony media, which was introduced in 1991. They MiniDisc was marketed as a replacement for cassette tapes, but hasn't yet really caught on amongst the general population. It remains quite popular amongst audio-philes, as it offers CD-quality sound. PocketZip is a similarly-sized removable media, which seems to be marketed primarily towards the laptop/notebook market, with some offerings in the digital camera market. For more information on MiniDisc: http://www.minidisc.org For more information on PocketZip (nee Click!) http://www.iomega.com/pocketzip/index.html Hope this helps, Anthony J. Albert =========================================================== Anthony J. Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems and Software Support Specialist Postmaster Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle "Ta'Lon, is that you?" "It's me most days, except for those days when I don't feel quite like myself and I suppose that I am someone else, but for now, yes, it is me." -G'Kar and Ta'Lon, Babylon 5 episode: _The_Ragged_Edge_ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
