Editing MiniDisc (section)

=== MD Data ===
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MD Data, a format for storing computer data, was announced by Sony in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 1995 |title=Reviews / Sony's Mini-MO |url=http://www.byte.com/art/9508/sec11/art11.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961220103438/http://www.byte.com/art/9508/sec11/art11.htm |archive-date=December 20, 1996 |access-date=December 22, 2023 |website=[[Byte (magazine)|Byte]]}}</ref> Its media were generally incompatible with standard audio MiniDiscs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MiniDisc MD-Data Product Table |url=https://www.minidisc.org/md_data_table.html |access-date=December 22, 2023 |website=The MiniDisc Community Portal}}</ref> MD Data can not write to audio MDs, but only the considerably more expensive data blanks. It did see some success in a small number of multi-track recorders such as Sony's MDM-X4, Tascam's 564 (which could also record using standard audio MD discs, albeit only two tracks), and Yamaha's MD8, MD4, & MD4S.