LGR Oddware - MiniDisc Data Storage: Sony MDH-10
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it as the go-to video on the little-known MD Data format, mostly in MiniDisc and obsolete-media threads.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2020 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Cites dijit · 2020-03 · on “Dumping MiniDisc Media”
Seems like you're right but I never-ever saw this: [this video] Although it seems like it's not really minidisks.
Cites fredoralive · 2022-11 · on “Dissecting a Dummy Promo MiniDisc”
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.
Cites goosedragons · 2023-02 · on “Toshiba HD-DVD firmware archive”
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]