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...
Electronics Boutique catalog scan: https://huguesjohnson.com/scans/ebspr...
Data Discman DD8 authoring software: http://www.robotsandcomputers.com/com...

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