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I used one of the NetMD Minidisc players throughout college. The discs could be formatted for data and could store 1GB, they would show up on a PC as a USB driv
by dave84 6y ago
I used one of the NetMD Minidisc players throughout college.
The discs could be formatted for data and could store 1GB, they would show up on a PC as a USB drive. It beat the hell out of the zip drives everyone else was using.
I'm tempted to use this and see if it still works.
- throwanem 6y agoFwiw, a 1GB MD would be Hi-MD, a different media in the same form factor. I don't actually know if the Hi-MD players support NetMD transfer or use their own protocol, but I guess I can think of a way you could find out!
- dave84 6y agoYup, mine was NetMD. Didn’t realise that worked with the older discs too, never had a regular minidisc.
- throwanem 5y agoYep! "NetMD" was just a new logical format on the same media, plus USB connectivity and ATRAC version 3. Hi-MD was the one that reformulated the media for 1GB total storage. Those discs don't work in older players, but older discs do work in a Hi-MD player.