Mini disc GDs

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Mini disc GDs

Post by runkthepunk »

hello all this may have been covered already but i could not find it so if it has just point me that way.

the newish sony MD system that uses the gigabite size discs arn't so expensive so i just wondered if you took one apart would it be possible to connect the disc mechanism laser etc to a regular dreamer instead of the GD rom drive?

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Post by neoak »

Actually, no.

The MD format also uses magnetism to store data, so no. And its designed to move that small disc, not a 12 cm CD/DVD/GD/LD/SD/AD... etc etc :lol:
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Post by CupNoodle »

sigh...when will people understand that everything inside of a Dreamcast is meant to work SOLELY with things found inside of a Dreamcast (crazy-ass bios mods excluded). You can't take some Sony MD player, plug it into the mobo, and have the Dreamcast assimilate it.
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Post by runkthepunk »

i see did not think it was feasible. however i did not mean to spin the original GDroms rather i thought it would be possible to transfer the data from an original game to one of the mini disc gds itself then it would spin.
i do not understand the magnetism thing mentioned but i guess if they are fundementally not the same types of disc format / reading/ compression whatever then it would not work at all oh well.
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Post by Smurph »

Are you talking about mini-CD-Rs? I think basically what he was talking about with the magnetism was:

"Sony MD's function as both a super-high-capacity floppy disk and CD at the same time."
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Post by No Name »

He was talking about the difference in the disks. One is magnetic, as in read by a magnet, the other is optical, as in read by a laser.
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Post by |darc| »

Sanitary Smurph wrote:Are you talking about mini-CD-Rs?
No.

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No Name wrote:He was talking about the difference in the disks. One is magnetic, as in read by a magnet, the other is optical, as in read by a laser.
basically its like comparing a round casette to a compact disc (cd)
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Post by neoak »

-Orbo- wrote:You can't take some Sony MD player, plug it into the mobo, and have the Dreamcast assimilate it.
If it does, what do we get?

A Borgcast!
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Post by Quzar »

-Orbo- wrote:sigh...when will people understand that everything inside of a Dreamcast is meant to work SOLELY with things found inside of a Dreamcast (crazy-ass bios mods excluded). You can't take some Sony MD player, plug it into the mobo, and have the Dreamcast assimilate it.
I've been keeping my DC on top of a NeoGeo cart and it has started to play NeoGeo games.
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Post by neoak »

:lol:
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That roffles my waffles.
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Post by Sir Savant »

That is my saying, smurf.
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Post by Smurph »

Indeed it is. I just stole it. :o :P
But seriously, that's genius. You should expect people to copy you.
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note the cable going from the back of the NG cart to the expansion port on the DC. QUALITY.
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Can I have that DC, Quzar?
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