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    pulling apart some of my old beige cd drives I was looking at the actual plastic part that ejects itself. After staring at the two circular moldings, i realized what the smaller one was for. DUH. those mini disks that used to be oh so cool in like 2005.

    Anyone still use these? I mean they're cool and small, but when they came out they could only fit the smallest amount of data. I wonder what the prices are like now, they used to be like twice the expensive a regular cd.

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    I'd say they'd still be fairly expensive to make, even though they're widely used for some things.
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    that other bit in the tray is actually for these: http://www.hollandmedia.co.uk/shop/i...index&cPath=15
    theyre 8 cm dvds and are for camcorders and im not sure what else.
    minidisks came in a housing kinda like a floppy disk
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    They make 200 MB mini-CDs and also there are mini-DVDs and such for the newer camcorders.
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    Default Re: Mini disks

    They're often supplied with accessories and contain the driver files.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_CD

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    it also used for cd business cards too.






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    I like the Mini DVDs... they need to make it so you can get a player that uses those for music, that would be cool. No more regular CDs but you'd have to change over all the vehicles and **** which would not be fun at all.

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    wow..
    If i got a buisness card that was a cd, i'd be impressed. Too many companies have used the idea of printing their name on a 256/512 flash drive and giving them out. + rep for interesting pictures.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xRyokenx View Post
    I like the Mini DVDs... they need to make it so you can get a player that uses those for music, that would be cool. No more regular CDs but you'd have to change over all the vehicles and **** which would not be fun at all.
    well they do have big flash and small hdd's for mp3/musc players now so thats unlikely. but sony did use mini disc in there mini disc player

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    Those disks would never hold my music collection....
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