This Does Not Compute | The CD Burning Sony Discman @ThisDoesNotCompute | Uploaded October 2019 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
In 2003 Sony produced an external optical drive that burned CDs through USB from a PC. But the company wasn't willing to give up on its Walkman/Discman heritage just yet.

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Remote control photos: ebay.com/itm/SONY-MPD-AP20U-Portable-CD-RW-DVD-ROM-DRIVE/312769739767?hash=item48d2877bf7:g:3IQAAOSwgPNde2~m
Cradle photo 1: https://www.dearhoney.idv.tw/53/sony-mpd-ap20u-%E7%B0%A1%E4%BB%8B/
Cradle photo 2: ebay.com/itm/Sony-MPD-AP20U-Power-Burn-CD-RW-DVD-Drive-MP3-Player-Combo-NIB-READ-/172630853496?_trksid=p2349526.m4383.l10137.c10&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=true
Pricing image: Popular Science, January 2003, pp. 25

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