Al Wirtes<p>I'm going to counter-program the war news this morning & share a deep dive into what I'm playing with right now. Travel with me to a time 30 years ago when newsrooms still existed, and the TV networks began dabbling with releasing press kids on CD-ROM. My wife, who worked on a features desk at the time, saved these two gems from the dumpster 30 years ago. Let's take a look!<br><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/cd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cd</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/cdrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdrom</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>television</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/retroTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retroTV</span></a></p>
Recent searches
No recent searches
Search options
Only available when logged in.
shakedown.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A community for live music fans with roots in the jam scene. Shakedown Social is run by a team of volunteers (led by @clifff and @sethadam1) and funded by donations.
Administered by:
Server stats:
255active users
shakedown.social: About · Status · Profiles directory · Privacy policy
Mastodon: About · Get the app · Keyboard shortcuts · View source code · v4.3.7
#cdrom
2 posts · 2 participants · 0 posts today
BloodRayne<p>Happy Saturday my friends☺️ & let’s start the weekend in the best possible way with the raddest content on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/Gobz_RHk9WA?si=-Wc4ZHwA_JrJsfZO" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/Gobz_RHk9WA?si=-Wc4ZH</span><span class="invisible">wA_JrJsfZO</span></a> Have a watch, hit that like button & subscribe 😎🤟🏻</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Anime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anime</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JRPG</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pcengine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pcengine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nec</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hudson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hudson</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cdrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdrom</span></a></p>
Royce Williams<p>Welcome home, old friends.</p><p>(Finally got my hands on a physical copy of the mythical October 1993 disc, @textfiles ... will upload any missing, of course!)</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDROM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/shareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shareware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Tisha Tiger<p>💿 Pourquoi les boutons ?</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WaXaIr5tchk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/WaXaIr5tchk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://htt.social/tags/cdrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdrom</span></a> <a href="https://htt.social/tags/cdaudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdaudio</span></a> <a href="https://htt.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Ubuntu Peronista<p>Its not a proper CD-ROM drive if it doesn't have...<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/cdrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdrom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/optical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/drive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audio</span></a></p>
matt sephton<p>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. <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/marchintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marchintosh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macintosh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/cdrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdrom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/files" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>files</span></a></p><p><a href="https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2025/03/28/macintosh-magazine-media-1-million-files/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.gingerbeardman.com/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">3/28/macintosh-magazine-media-1-million-files/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@paulisci" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paulisci</span></a></span> basically <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDROM</span></a>|s before optical media I guess...</p>
Tom Lorenz<p>You’re jealous, aren’t you? <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/CDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDROM</span></a></p>
IT News<p>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... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/12/18/why-did-early-cd-rom-drives-rely-on-awkward-plastic-caddies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/12/18/why-di</span><span class="invisible">d-early-cd-rom-drives-rely-on-awkward-plastic-caddies/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/peripheralshacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peripheralshacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/opticaldrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opticaldrive</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/opticalmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opticalmedia</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>featured</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/interest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interest</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cdplayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdplayer</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cd</span></a>-rom <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/caddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caddy</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cdrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdrom</span></a></p>
Wintermute_BBS<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nina_kali_nina</span></a></span> oh boy, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slackware</span></a> 2.0.0 was the fist <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> I ever installed from a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDROM</span></a> drive instead of floppy disks, and that was in late 1994 ... can you believe that?!</p><p>Still got the CD I bought back then, well archived in my Bookshelf. Here are a few shots I just took as proof.</p>
argv minus one<p>You know what the problem with modern <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> is? There's not a single laser or scanning electron beam anywhere in the whole system.</p><p>Edit: Unless you have a laser mouse, but in my experience those are terrible.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDROM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DVD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DVD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/shitpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shitpost</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>-- :please_boost: 🔁 :boost_ok: :boost: :boosted:</p><p>Speaking of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROMs</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a>: Does anyone know a good way to implement something like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROM</span></a> like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tandy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/1000RL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1000RL</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/1000RLX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1000RLX</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIEPqD4luG8&t=166s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">did</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DeskMate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeskMate</span></a> (as <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@vwestlife" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vwestlife</span></a></span> showed)...</p><ul><li>Or is this something that requires either going down the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCIe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCIe</span></a> -> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCI</span></a> -> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> rabbit hole?</li></ul><p>I mean, it would be a way cleaner setup to boot OS/1337 to than booting a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDROM</span></a>? </p><ul><li>If noone has an Idea how to make this happen, is there any good way or existing solution to basically make a hardware write-protectable / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/readonly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readonly</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> flashdrive to boot from? </li></ul><p>Ideally something that can take <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BIOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIOS</span></a>-style ROM Chips that one can put on a board without write-enable connected so they're read-only! </p><ul><li>And yes, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> may see similarities to his [deprecated] <a href="https://landley.net/code/aboriginal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aboriginal Linux</a> nee <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FirmwareLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirmwareLinux</span></a> ...</li></ul><p>Still having like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/minimalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minimalist</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro in Boot-ROM would be nifty, espechally when it comes to making a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SecureComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecureComputing</span></a> <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terminal</span></a>"</em>...</p><ul><li>Maybe <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@ActionRetro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ActionRetro</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://studio8502.ca/@mos_8502" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mos_8502</span></a></span> and others can point this question to people who are firm in boot ROMs and potentially even have something at hand.</li></ul><p>(I don't expect something like a PCI(e Mini)Card but I'd not be against it!)</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Question</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a></p>
John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@command_tab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>command_tab</span></a></span> Your story takes me back to 1991 when I worked for a startup that had the first CD-ROM writer that I probably ever saw. It was a big desktop box with a SCSI connection and hard disk drives in it to create a master image before writing it all out in one session. (This was before even multi-session recording on writable CD-ROMs.) It cost $25,000 back then.</p><p>We mastered two CD-ROMs and they sent me out to Sony's DADC factory in Indiana, which duplicated the masters, had me verify them, and pressed 500 of each. I then hauled them back to California by air.</p><p>One of the images was the first copy of Microsoft Windows on CD-ROM. Bill Gates's assistant called and ordered two copies for him.</p><p>Good times.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CdRom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdRom</span></a></p>
Vingt Trois Seize 💎<p>Today is the 30th anniversary of the AMIGA CD32! 🥳</p><p>September 17, 1993</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/cbm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cbm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/console" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>console</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AMIGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMIGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AMIGACD32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMIGACD32</span></a> 🎉 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CD32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CD32</span></a> 🎉 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/32Bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>32Bit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDROM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>90s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Geek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geek</span></a></p>
mr_daemon<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://gist.github.com/mrdaemon/925f149da05b92cf3aea3f3a38f9db3e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gist.github.com/mrdaemon/925f1</span><span class="invisible">49da05b92cf3aea3f3a38f9db3e</span></a></p><p><a href="https://untrusted.website/tags/cdrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdrom</span></a> <a href="https://untrusted.website/tags/dvd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dvd</span></a> <a href="https://untrusted.website/tags/DataArchival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataArchival</span></a> <a href="https://untrusted.website/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://untrusted.website/tags/tutorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tutorial</span></a> <a href="https://untrusted.website/tags/iso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iso</span></a> <a href="https://untrusted.website/tags/DiskImage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiskImage</span></a></p>
DesertFOX<p>Another Y2K bug... this 1999 Lite-On CD-ROM driver seems to have some minor issues in 2024.</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDROM</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Drivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drivers</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Y2K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Y2K</span></a></p>
DesertFOX<p>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.</p><p>Have fun!</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/simcity_classic_deluxe_windows" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/simcity_cl</span><span class="invisible">assic_deluxe_windows</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SimCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SimCity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Maxis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maxis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDROM</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Win311" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Win311</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a></p>
Bits&Terminal Jeff<p>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).</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDROM</span></a></p>
mr_daemon<p>Oh my FUCKING GOD</p><p>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.</p><p>So I mount that shit in my Windows 98SE box, and lo and behold, this is all that was on it.</p><p>I would be absolutely upset if it wasn't so fucking funny</p><p><a href="https://untrusted.website/tags/cdrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdrom</span></a> <a href="https://untrusted.website/tags/DataArchival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataArchival</span></a> <a href="https://untrusted.website/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
DesertFOX<p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/sc2kcd_en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.org/details/sc2kcd_en</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Have fun!</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SimCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SimCity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Maxis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maxis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDROM</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a></p>
ExploreLive feeds
Mastodon is the best way to keep up with what's happening.
Follow anyone across the fediverse and see it all in chronological order. No algorithms, ads, or clickbait in sight.
Create accountLoginDrag & drop to upload