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Minidisk (CP CMS)
Minidisk, Mini Disk, MiniDisc, Mini Disc or similar may refer to: * MiniDisc, a magneto-optical disc-based music and data storage format developed by Sony * Minidisk (CMS), a minidisk formatted for use by the CMS operating system under CP-67 or VM * Minidisk (floppy), 5.25-inch floppy diskette type * Minidisk (VM), a virtual disk provided by the CP-67 or VM operating system * , a consumer mechanical digital audio disc from Telefunken * Olivetti Minidisk, a 2.5-inch sleeveless floppy diskette format by Olivetti for their P6040 (1975) * Minidisc (album), a Gescom album * ''MiniDiscs acked', a music compilation by Radiohead See also * Mini CD, a smaller variant of the standard full-size Compact Disc * MiniDVD, a smaller variant of the standard full-size DVD format * MiniDVD (other), formats similar to the MiniDVD * Micro disk * MD (other) MD, Md, mD or md may refer to: Places * Moldova (ISO country code MD) * Maryland (US postal abbreviation MD) * Magdeburg ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MiniDisc
MiniDisc (MD) is an erasable magneto-optical disc-based data storage format offering a capacity of 60, 74, and later, 80 minutes of digitized audio. Sony announced the MiniDisc in September 1992 and released it in November of that year for sale in Japan and in December in Europe, North America, and other countries. The music format was based on ATRAC audio data compression, Sony's own proprietary compression code. Its successor, Hi-MD, would later introduce the option of linear PCM digital recording to meet audio quality comparable to that of a compact disc. MiniDiscs were very popular in Japan and found moderate success in Europe; although it was designed to be the successor of the cassette tape, it did not manage to mass replace it globally. By March 2011 Sony had sold 22 million MD players. Sony has ceased development of MD devices, with the last of the players sold by March 2013. Market history In 1983, just a year after the introduction of the Compact Disc, Kees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minidisk (CMS)
The CMS file system is the native file system of IBM's Conversational Monitor System (CMS), a component of VM . It was the only file system for CMS until the introduction of the CMS Shared File System with VM/SP. Minidisks CP-67 and VM allow an installation to divide a disk volume into virtual disks called minidisks. A minidisk may be a CMS minidisk, initialized with the CMS file system. Other minidisks might be formatted for use by, e.g., OS/360, but these are not CMS minidisks even if they are assigned to a CMS virtual machine. A CMS virtual machine can have up to ten minidisks ''accessed'' at one time. The user references the minidisks by a letter, part of a field called the ''filemode''. The ''S'' disk contains CMS system files and is read-only; the ''Y'' disk is usually an extension of ''S''. The read/write ''A'' disk contains user files such as customization data, program sources, and executables. Other drive letters ''B'' through ''Z'' can contain data as defined b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minidisk (floppy)
A floppy disk or floppy diskette (casually referred to as a floppy, or a diskette) is an obsolescent type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk of a magnetic storage medium in a square or nearly square plastic enclosure lined with a fabric that removes dust particles from the spinning disk. Floppy disks store digital data which can be read and written when the disk is inserted into a floppy disk drive (FDD) connected to or inside a computer or other device. The first floppy disks, invented and made by IBM, had a disk diameter of . Subsequently, the 5¼-inch and then the 3½-inch became a ubiquitous form of data storage and transfer into the first years of the 21st century. 3½-inch floppy disks can still be used with an external USB floppy disk drive. USB drives for 5¼-inch, 8-inch, and other-size floppy disks are rare to non-existent. Some individuals and organizations continue to use older equipment to read or transfer data from floppy disks. Floppy disks w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minidisk (VM)
VM (often: VM/CMS) is a family of IBM virtual machine operating systems used on IBM mainframes System/370, System/390, zSeries, System z and compatible systems, including the Hercules emulator for personal computers. The following versions are known: ;Virtual Machine Facility/370 :VM/370, released in 1972, is a System/370 reimplementation of earlier CP/CMS operating system. ;VM/370 Basic System Extensions Program Product :VM/BSE (BSEPP) is an enhancement to VM/370 that adds support for more devices (such as 3370-type fixed-block-architecture DASD drives), improvements to the CMS environment (such as an improved editor), and some stability enhancements to CP. ;VM/370 System Extensions Program Product :VM/SE (SEPP) is an enhancement to VM/370 that includes the facilities of VM/BSE, as well as a few additional fixes and features. ;Virtual Machine/System Product :VM/SP, a milestone version, replaces VM/370, VM/BSE and VM/SE. Release 1 added EXEC2 and XEDIT System Prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivetti Minidisk
The Olivetti P6040 was a personal computer, described by its maker as a personal minicomputer. The P6040 was programmable in Mini BASIC and featured a floppy disk drive that used proprietary 2.5-inch sleeveless disks called "Minidisk". It was produced starting from 1977 and was the first microprocessor-based Olivetti computer, the Intel 8080, instead of on TTL logic CPU. Designed by Pier Giorgio Perotto, it was presented at Hannover Messe in April 1975 together with the P6060, its hardware used TTL technology. Both had a brown-colored case. The P6040 was little in dimensions and weight, thanks to the introduction of microprocessor (for the first time at Olivetti). Another innovation in the model was the introduction of the light-emitting diode display. The design was by Mario Bellini. See also * Olivetti Olivetti S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of computers, tablets, smartphones, printers and other such business products as calculators and fax machines. Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minidisc (album)
''Minidisc'' is the first album by Gescom. The album was originally only released in MiniDisc format, but was later pressed to CD. In addition, the album has been released on bleep.com. The personnel for this album were Sean Booth and Rob Brown (alias Autechre), and Russell Haswell (from Or Records). Overview ''Minidisc'' was the world's first ever MiniDisc-only release and was designed to take advantage of the format's (then exclusive) zero seek time: ''Minidisc'' contains 45 pieces split into 88 tracks which are intended to be played in shuffle mode, creating a quasi-unique, aleatoric arrangement every time it is played. (a technique also used for the 1999 compact disc release '' Masque'' by the King Crimson-related ProjeKct Three.) The tracks on this album reveal the influence of DSP techniques. Half of the album can be related to drone music or ambient music, the other half to acousmatic music or electroacoustic music. The release was included in Pitchfork Media' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MiniDiscs (Hacked)
''MiniDiscs acked' is a compilation of recordings by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, made while they were working on their 1997 album ''OK Computer''. It comprises more than 16 hours of demos, rehearsals, live performances and other material. The recordings are taken from MiniDiscs belonging to the singer, Thom Yorke, and were not intended for release. After they were leaked online in June 2019, Radiohead released them through the music sharing site Bandcamp for 18 days, with all proceeds going to the environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion. The compilation received positive reviews. Though critics said that its size made it daunting for some listeners, they praised the insight into the making of ''OK Computer.'' Content ''MiniDiscs acked' contains more than 16 hours of demos, rehearsals, outtakes, and live performances recorded while Radiohead were working on their third album, ''OK Computer'' (1997). It includes unreleased songs, alternative mixes, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mini CD
Mini CDs, or pocket CDs, are CDs with a smaller diameter and one-third the storage capacity of a standard 120 mm disc. Formats Amongst the various formats are the *Mini CD single, a small disc. The format is mainly used for audio CD singles in certain regions (singles are sold on normal 120 mm CDs in many countries), much like the old vinyl single. An 80 mm disc can hold up to 24 minutes of music, or 210 MiB (210 × 220 bytes) of data. They are often referred to as ''Maxi CDs'' in some countries. **The low density version holds 18 minutes, or 155 MB. **Other formats are 185 MB (21 mins), which has the same data density as a 650 MB full-sized CD, and 210 MB (24 mins), with the same data density as a 700 MB full-sized CD, used for "Pocket" data storage. (see also miniDVD) * Business card CD (or "b-card"), a truncated (to the shape and size of a business card) disc with a storage capacity from 30 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MiniDVD
MiniDVD (also Mini DVD or miniDVD) is a DVD disc which is in diameter. Most MiniDVDs hold 1.4 GB of data, but there are variants that hold up to 5.2 GB. The MiniDVD is also known as a "3 inch DVD", referring to its approximate diameter in inches. The 8 cm optical disc format was originally used for music CD singles, hence the commonly used names CD single and miniCD. Similarly, the manufactured 8 cm DVDs were originally used for music videos and as such became known as DVD single. MiniDVD capacities Recordable 8 cm discs are commonly used in DVD-based camcorders. The most common MiniDVDs hold 1.4 GB of data, but there are variants that can offer up to 5.2 GB of storage space, through a combination of dual layers and sides. Mini DVDs are also available in +R, +R DS, +R DL, +R DL DS, +RW, +RW DS, -R, -R DS, -R DL, -R DL DS, -RW, and -RW DS variants, just like their full sized counterparts. (DL=Double Layer, DS=Double Sided) Variants of MiniDVD Nintendo us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MiniDVD (other)
MiniDVD is a physically smaller 80mm version of the standard-sized 120mm DVD, often used in camcorders. Mini DVD or Mini-DVD may also refer to * cDVD cDVD discs, also known as mini-DVD discs (not to be confused with 8 cm DVDs), are regular data CDs that contain MPEG-2 or MPEG-1 video structured in accordance with the DVD-Video specifications (namely, a VIDEO_TS directory containing properly ... or mini-DVD, a standard CD with data written to it in the DVD-video format * Universal Media Disc or Mini DVD, a format used by Sony's PlayStation Portable See also * Minidisk (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floppy Disk
A floppy disk or floppy diskette (casually referred to as a floppy, or a diskette) is an obsolescent type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk of a magnetic storage medium in a square or nearly square plastic enclosure lined with a fabric that removes dust particles from the spinning disk. Floppy disks store digital data which can be read and written when the disk is inserted into a floppy disk drive (FDD) connected to or inside a computer or other device. The first floppy disks, invented and made by IBM, had a disk diameter of . Subsequently, the 5¼-inch and then the 3½-inch became a ubiquitous form of data storage and transfer into the first years of the 21st century. 3½-inch floppy disks can still be used with an external USB floppy disk drive. USB drives for 5¼-inch, 8-inch, and other-size floppy disks are rare to non-existent. Some individuals and organizations continue to use older equipment to read or transfer data from floppy disks. Floppy disk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
