http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=MCD-1_Micro_Cassette&feed=atom&action=historyMCD-1 Micro Cassette - Revision history2024-03-28T08:21:58ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.19.2http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=MCD-1_Micro_Cassette&diff=33408&oldid=prevDan Tobias: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=physical |subcat=Floppy disk }} The '''MCD-1 Micro Cassette''' was one of several odd-sized floppy formats that never caught on. It was 3 inches in si..."2019-09-15T01:51:35Z<p>Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=physical |subcat=Floppy disk }} The '''MCD-1 Micro Cassette''' was one of several odd-sized floppy formats that never caught on. It was 3 inches in si..."</p>
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The '''MCD-1 Micro Cassette''' was one of several odd-sized floppy formats that never caught on. It was 3 inches in size, and different from the [[CF-2 Compact Floppy Disk]] (and predated it). It was invented in Hungary in 1973, but took until 1979 to complete development of a working prototype. It was considered for some computers such as the Commodore line, but ended up mostly being used within the eastern bloc. It never caught on very much.<br />
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[[MFM encoding]] was used for a 149.6 KB capacity, or [[FM encoding]] for a 74.8 KB capacity. There were 45 tracks with 13 sectors per track, with 256 bytes (in MFM encoding) or 128 bytes (in FM encoding) per sector.<br />
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== Links ==<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Floppy disk variants]]<br />
* [http://brg.8bit.hu/html/mcd1/MCD-1%20Technical%20manual.pdf MCD-1 technical manual]</div>Dan Tobias