I am proud to announce that my Macintosh Magazine Media project has surpassed my self-imposed goal of 1 MILLION FILES, an achievement that fills me with both immense satisfaction and slight bewilderment. #marchintosh #macintosh #preservation #cdrom #files

https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2025/03/28/macintosh-magazine-media-1-million-files/

You’re jealous, aren’t you? #CDROM

Why Did Early CD-ROM Drives Rely On Awkward Plastic Caddies? - These days, very few of us use optical media on the regular. If we do, it’s genera... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/18/why-did-early-cd-rom-drives-rely-on-awkward-plastic-caddies/ #peripheralshacks #opticaldrive #opticalmedia #featured #interest #cdplayer #history #cd-rom #caddy #cdrom

You know what the problem with modern #computers is? There's not a single laser or scanning electron beam anywhere in the whole system.

Edit: Unless you have a laser mouse, but in my experience those are terrible.

Today is the 30th anniversary of the AMIGA CD32!

September 17, 1993

#commodore #cbm #console #AMIGA #AMIGACD32 #CD32 #32Bit #CDROM #retrogaming #videogames #80s #90s #Geek

Some time ago, I was asked to share notes and details of how I archived my old CDROM media and I did reply in the thread, but never really posted the guide I wrote otherwise.

So here is the crappiest guide to dumping CD/DVD images on Linux/Unix-likes, in case it happens to be of use to anyone.

https://gist.github.com/mrdaemon/925f149da05b92cf3aea3f3a38f9db3e

Another Y2K bug... this 1999 Lite-On CD-ROM driver seems to have some minor issues in 2024.

Still, the floppy disk will be added to my ever-growing collection of oldschool device drivers. I have fond memories using these kinds of disks well into the modern XP era.

I just received this from eBay USA: "SimCity Classic - Deluxe Edition for Windows". Pretty much the definitive version of SimCity Classic. The Deluxe Edition will install both the official SimCity graphic packs and the Terrain Editor.

Have fun!

https://archive.org/details/simcity_classic_deluxe_windows

How old is the oldest backup of personal data that you still have? Mine is > 20 years old (a 25 year old backup on a CD, which still was fine lasted year).

Oh my FUCKING GOD

I finished dumping 99.99% of a very old, damaged, backup CDROM that was previously unreadable. It took 3 days and I was super excited to find out what old data I put on it. The disc had UDF sessions, because that was common at the time for just Adding Files to non-rewritable media.

So I mount that shit in my Windows 98SE box, and lo and behold, this is all that was on it.

I would be absolutely upset if it wasn't so fucking funny

Today, by uploading the original MS-DOS CD-ROM version 1.0 of SimCity 2000, my retro library over at archive.org has reached the milestone of 180 items. Yay!

I've been looking for this version for quite a long time, because I enjoy collecting original game releases. This entire disc image is only 3.6MB in size. Most later CDs of SimCity 2000 were filled with hundreds of megabytes of stupid bloatware.

https://archive.org/details/sc2kcd_en

Have fun!

Anybody need some 700MB Maxell CD-Rs?

Anyone?

Anyone?

They are great for keeping downy woodpeckers off your natural cedar siding. Some of these will hang in front of the picture windows to keep birds from flying into them. I've used the techniquefor 20 years, need to replace some.
#OldComputerStuff
#Computer
#Storage #CDRom

Thanks to this #blog by @carlesbellver I learned of the @bbedit Anthology #CDROM. https://carlesbellver.net/2003/06/03/bbedit/

This was a 2003 “compendium of every final version commercial release” of #BBEdit. You could also buy it for US$249, including a limited edition #Tshirt. https://www.macworld.com/article/166325/bbedit-20.html

As a BBEdit fanboy, I would love to snag a copy. The t-shirt would be the icing on the cake. (Though you can get more up-to-date apparel at their merchandise store: https://merch.barebones.com)

Any left, @siegel?

so incredibly grateful for this moment. today, an educational #CDROM arrived in the mail that has been missing on the web for 25 years. it took 10 years just to find the physical disc.

"Jean-Michel Cousteau's World: Cities Under the Sea" is an interactive educational CD-ROM from 1995, much in the style of Knowledge Adventure titles like Undersea Adventure and 3-D Dinosaur Adventure.

the son of famed oceanographer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau, Jean-Michel went on much in his father's footsteps to promote the preservation of sea life and coral reefs.

this Star Trek LCARS-like UI is serene and futuristic, and an example of what good #90s #edutainment could look like.

i've uploaded the disc image and cover art here. Windows 3.1 and 95 compatible:

https://archive.org/details/cousteaus_world

Kids still love Cosmic Osmo, by the way...

that feeling when you could only get software on physical media. a selection of old ephemera i found a couple moves ago:

• MacAddict magazine bonus CD-ROM of freeware/shareware/trials

• Netscape Navigator v1.1 for Mac 3.5-inch floppy

• AOL 2.0 for windows 3.5-inch floppy