Subj : When everything is digital.. this happens..
To   : Oldbieone
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Mar 04 2023 10:07:28

  Re: When everything is digital.. this happens..
  By: Oldbieone to Nightfox on Fri Mar 03 2023 01:05 pm

 Ol> The RIAA filed a suit against Diamond, IIRC. Not sure it went anywhere
 Ol> though, but I do recall that the reason floated around in magazines at the
 Ol> time for the low on-board storage capacity was an attempt to "play nice"
 Ol> with the recording industry, even though you could insert an SD for
 Ol> additional storage. 

 Ol> As it came out of the box, I think you could get maybe 10 tracks on it. I
 Ol> remember having to expand the storage to get it usable as an everyday
 Ol> gizmo. It wasn't long before it replaced the tapes in my car though.

Did it actually have an SD card slot for additional storage?  I didn't think SD cards existed at the time.  For the time it was released, I imagined it may have used CompactFlash.

Nightfox
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