On 25 Aug 99, at 8:52, Villano, Paul wrote:

> I've just been handed a mini-CD...literally fits in your palm or shirt
> pocket, with two of the rounded edges cut off flat...I've never seen such
> a thing, but it plays in a standard CD player.  Has anyone else ever seen
> such a thing?  What kind of hardware would support it?  What would it be
> called?  (The person who gave it to me had it mailed to him and knows no
> other details.)

  I believe this is the Sony "Mini-Disc".  Sony make a player for it; many CD
drives/plyers can also handle these.  Look at the tray for your drive/player.
 Odds are good it will have a concentric rim at the right diameter to hold
this size of disk.


David G

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