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minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoMini cds were never common or universial. CDs where. So were cassettes and vinyl. There were a lot of niche formats. 8track got really close to common, I will say they didn’t but someon should argue otherwise and you should consider their point.
minus-squareTurboWafflz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-28 days agomini cds are not minidiscs, this is a minidisc minidisc is a magneto-optical format, cd is just an optical format
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoHuh I always called the mini CDs minidiscs and was wrong
Mini cds were never common or universial. CDs where. So were cassettes and vinyl. There were a lot of niche formats. 8track got really close to common, I will say they didn’t but someon should argue otherwise and you should consider their point.
mini cds are not minidiscs, this is a minidisc
minidisc is a magneto-optical format, cd is just an optical format
Huh I always called the mini CDs minidiscs and was wrong