IPod Mini
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The iPod Mini is a digital audio player that was designed and marketed by Apple. It was positioned as a smaller, midrange model in Apple's iPod product line to complement the iPod Classic. The device
The iPod Mini's Microdrive (4 GB Hitachi model), seen here on the right
A second generation iPod Mini with a Compact Flash card in place of its original Hitachi Microdrive
Green ipodmini 1stgen
I Pod mini blue front 2G
Microdrive
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The Microdrive was a miniature, one-inch hard disk drive released in 1998 by IBM. The idea was originally created in 1992 by Timothy J. Riley and Thomas R. Albrecht at the Almaden Research Center in S
IPod Mini
…range. The pink, blue, and green models received brighter hues in the second generation but the silver model remained unchanged. The iPod Mini uses Microdrive hard drives (CompactFlash II) made by Hitachi and Seagate. First generation models were available in a 4 GB size, while second generation models were…
1 GB IBM Microdrive
IBM and Hitachi Microdrive harddisk drives, with an American quarter for size comparison
One of the images stored by the Microdrive, taken on the STS-102 mission showing Discovery's payload bay
A disassembled 1st-generation iPod Mini, which uses a Microdrive to store data