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A magneto-optical drive is a kind of optical disc drive capable of writing and rewriting data upon a magneto-optical disc. 130 mm (5.25 in) and 90 mm (3.5 in) discs are the most common sizes.
In 1983, just a year after the introduction of the compact disc, Kees Schouhamer Immink and Joseph Braat presented the first experiments with erasable magneto-optical compact discs during the 73rd AES Convention in Eindhoven.[1] The technology was introduced commercially in 1985.[2] Although optical, they normally appear as hard disk drives to an operating system and can be formatted with any file system. Magneto-optical drives were common in some countries, such as Japan,[3] but have fallen into disuse.
- ^ K. Schouhamer Immink and J. Braat (1984). "Experiments Toward an Erasable Compact Disc". J. Audio Eng. Soc. 32: 531–538. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
- ^ Mueller, Scott (2010). Upgrading and Repairing PCs (19th ed.). p. 584. ISBN 978-0-7897-3954-4.
- ^ "Sony announces the end of the MiniDisc – Ars Technica". 2 February 2013.