Regarding Minidisk: Back then, you could speed-transfer digital files from a computer to the recorder (I doubt that there's still support for this) and there wa

Regarding Minidisk: Back then, you could speed-transfer digital files from a computer to the recorder (I doubt that there's still support for this) and there was also a long play mode (with suitable quality for podcasts). Especially the Sony device in the image had both of these features, mind the "Net MD" series and "MDLP" logos. So it would have been suitable in the '90s, but with manuals and supporting software lost it's a questionable effort in the 2020s.