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minus-squareryan213@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThat doesn’t look very compact. Is there like a mini one??
minus-squareFake4000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThat’s actually a compact disc compared to the previous laser disc.
minus-squareGodort@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThere is, actually. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc
minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoDang people don’t know about GameCube anymore?
minus-squareGodort@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThose are Mini DVDs. Totally different technology. You’re right though, Mini CDs also exist, but were much rarer.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoMinidiscs are why every optical drive had a little divot for the smaller size. I only ever saw 2 disks in 30 years
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoMinidiscs were different, they’re a proprietary Sony tech that was huge in Japan but never really took off in the US. That divot is for plain old small CDs.
minus-squaredodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoI ran into about five, not including game cube games. I think one of them was bionicle related
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agothe ones ive seen were all little driver disks that came with some peripheral
minus-squareHule@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoWatch out, mini CD and MiniDisc were two different things!
That doesn’t look very compact. Is there like a mini one??
That’s actually a compact disc compared to the previous laser disc.
There is, actually.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc
Dang people don’t know about GameCube anymore?
Those are Mini DVDs. Totally different technology.
You’re right though, Mini CDs also exist, but were much rarer.
Minidiscs are why every optical drive had a little divot for the smaller size. I only ever saw 2 disks in 30 years
Minidiscs were different, they’re a proprietary Sony tech that was huge in Japan but never really took off in the US. That divot is for plain old small CDs.
I ran into about five, not including game cube games.
I think one of them was bionicle related
the ones ive seen were all little driver disks that came with some peripheral
Watch out, mini CD and MiniDisc were two different things!