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Sony Data Discman: The First eBook Reader! (Patreon)

Published:
2023-07-03 22:44:28
Imported:
2024-01

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In the early 1990s, plenty of people didn't even own computers yet --  but that didn't stop Sony from trying to take books into the digital realm.  

Sources:
"Portable Data Discs," Popular Mechanics, January 1992.
Data Discman photo pool on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/groups/1882912@N22/pool/with/6532350055/
Electronics Boutique catalog scan: https://huguesjohnson.com/scans/ebspring92/
Data Discman DD8 authoring software: http://www.robotsandcomputers.com/computers/dd8h.htm

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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).

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Sony Data Discman: The First eBook Reader!

In the early 1990s, plenty of people didn't even own computers yet -- but that didn't stop Sony from trying to take books into the digital realm. Sources: "Portable Data Discs," Popular Mechanics, January 1992. Data Discman photo pool on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/groups/1882912@N22/pool/with/6532350055/ Electronics Boutique catalog scan: https://huguesjohnson.com/scans/ebspring92/ Data Discman DD8 authoring software: http://www.robotsandcomputers.com/computers/dd8h.htm ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com). Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).

Comments

Anonymous

The religious text is really fascinating! So weird how technology finds its niche markets! I knew a schoolteacher here in Japan in the late 90's who used on of these with dictionaries. He was disappointed that it didn't catch on. As an aside: Some of Sony's problems are self-inflicted. They are so paranoid about things being out of their control that Sony cameras sold here have no language options other than Japanese...my Canon has like 20 language choices. When I first moved to Japan I brought a Toshiba 440CDX, largely because Sony laptops had no international warranty so if I bought one in the US I'd have to send it back to the US for repair. And they wouldn't (and still won't) sell an English model in Japan. Love these vids on obscure technologies that have been largely forgotten!

Anonymous

For anyone who is curious: The Message is a translation/interpretation of the Bible which an emphasis on readability. According to Wikipedia, the New Testament was published in the early 90's, with the full Bible in 2002. I thought that's what the disc was, until I looked back at 7:28... yeah, that looks like sermons, not a Bible translation. Strange.