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- noun computing An early computer storage system using
cartridges of loopedtape .
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IBM says the "microdrive," for use in consumer gadgets like digital cameras and palmtops, will show up in stores in mid-1999.
Scan, Send And Store 2008
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Expected to hit stores this fall, Thomson's LYRA is the first portable device that can play multiple audio formats; even better, it will use IBM's 340-megabyte microdrive to store up to nine hours of high-quality music.
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Storage: 8Gb internal microdrive + minisd vs 385 pages analog print technology aka guttenberg++
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Update: AV has confirmed that this drive uses a 1 microdrive, not Flash -- thanks, AV!
Boing Boing: September 18, 2005 - September 24, 2005 Archives 2005
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This 8GB LaCie credit-card-sized drive is only $150 -- a pretty good price for 8 gigs of flash microdrive memory.
Boing Boing: September 18, 2005 - September 24, 2005 Archives 2005
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So the story of hamster + microdrive – surrounding computer, that works, too.
OH HAY I HAS BAD NEWZ - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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The latest version comes in the form of two players, the PSA612 that utilizes a 4GB microdrive and the flash based PSA232 that holds 512MB of memory.
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The HDP-M3000 sports a 6GB microdrive for those of you who feel that Apple did not have to kill off the Mini in favor of the iPod nano.
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Choose instead a Mini w/ Hitachi microdrive, and in few easy steps you'll be able to run Skype directly from your iPod.
Archive 2006-05-01 Decio Biavati 2006
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Choose instead a Mini w/ Hitachi microdrive, and in few easy steps you'll be able to run Skype directly from your iPod.
il blog: Night time/weekend editor Decio Biavati 2006
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