Cited on HN 3 times, 2020–2023, never outright recommendedscore 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN cites it as the go-to video on the little-known MD Data format, mostly in MiniDisc and obsolete-media threads.
An LGR Oddware episode looking at Sony's MDH-10 MD Data drive from 1995, which used MiniDisc for computer storage years before Hi-MD. The host tries out the drive with its original drivers and software.
“LGR did an Oddware video about it a few years back” (HN, 2023)
Sony did release drives, DGR looks at one in this video for example [this video] . It's yet another example in the weird graveyard of replacements for the 1.44MB floppy that didn't catch on.
They did. MD Data was a thing. It just flopped super hard. It was way too expensive over Zip disc for a minor storage increase and size decrease. LGR did an Oddware video about it a few years back: [this video]
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