Tom’s Hardware: Relive the PC magazine cover disk era with 758-strong archive.org CD-ROM collection — 1.2TB treasure trove also includes Floppy Disks from as early as 1993. “Earlier today, our sister site PC Gamer revealed that there is now a treasure trove of its cover disks (floppies, CDs, and DVDs) archived and ready to enjoy. PC Gamer’s headline highlights the 758 cover disks on the […]

Nachdem ich nächste Woche Besuch von Freunden bekomme, bin ich gerade dabei, mein Chaos ein bisschen neu zu sortieren. Eigentlich sollte das schneller gehen, aber ich stand gerade fast zwei Stunden da und hab nur eins der Medienregale neu geordnet. Uffff! 😄😎

#Sammlung #PCGaming #Gaming #Medien #CDROMs #Wohnung #Life #Collection #IKEA

Since I like both old books and HTML, sometimes I run across old HTML books and hafta grab em. The other day I hit a thrift spot I hadn't been to & this one from 2003 was sitting there, just a dollar or two. Had to come home with me. You KNOW it has the CD-ROM with it. Remember CD-ROMs?!? 📚

#thrifting #HTML #2000s #books #CDROMs

One of the items I was given to "sweeten the deal" on my recent Mew promo purchase, was this CD ROM of Project Studio Red Version.

I never had it growing up, and unfortunately it's not compatible with modern day operating systems. I believe there are workarounds though!

#Pokemon #ProjectStudioRedVersion #90s #PC #pcgaming #cdrom #cdroms #Nintendo #gaming #videogames #retrogaming #Writing #writingcommunity #Newsletter

As I've gotten back into #pcgaming , I've been on a kick of getting some of my old games running on my current #Windows10 laptop. I have quite a few classics on #CDROMs from the #90s - #00s.

Since my #GPDWinMax #gaminglaptop has no #CDdrive or #DVDdrive , I've been using my non-gaming laptop to burn the disks to #ISO files to then mount as a drive to run the installer and game.

Of course, most of these go back to ~ #WindowsXP compatibility, so they won't play nice with Windows 10 out of the box (BTW, compatibility mode *never* works for me- if anyone has ever had luck with it running older software on Windows 10 that way, do let me know!). I either had to use #voodoo library files to fix issues like the video only being half displayed (or sideways!) or running the application file in #DxWnd.

Granted, some of these games are available on modern options like #GoG or #Steam , but hey, I paid for the games already. Why pay again if I can get my own copies to work? 🤣

@thor

I'm in agreement with you. I thought CD Roms were great. And then my friend pulls out his collector LP and puts it on his $1000 turntable and tells me to listen to what's missing. But I see no reason the fine resonance can't be included now we have better sound compression and optical technology.

#LPrecords #CDroms #LinearPickup #MagneticPickup
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