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MistyNew blog post! I've been using enthusiast-developed lower-level CD reading techniques for awhile, and I think institutional archivists would benefit from trying them out. Wrote up a summary of what it is, how it works, and how it could be useful for you.
Enthusiast communities and institutional archivists tend to work in very different spheres, and I don't always see the right connections get made for people to take advantage of stuff at the intersection. Since I've got a foot in both worlds, I want to be a bridge when I can.
lcurham@misty That's a great post, Misty. Will share it with my students.
@lcurham Please let me know if they have any questions I could address, or if you find that there's anything else I haven't covered or explained that would be helpful!
petes_bread_eqn_xls@misty nice writeup! I have been using the British Library’s workflow. I will take a look at redumper—the last time I checked they relied on proprietary Windows software and expensive Plextor drives. At least they’ve come to their senses about the software ;-)
https://coptr.digipres.org/index.php/Workflow:Flashback_project_-_optical_media_imaging_workflow
@petes_bread_eqn_xls Things have definitely progressed since then! The fact that it's fully cross-platform is very nice... and Plextor drives are very much no longer expensive. I think mine was $20 from eBay?
keen456
keen456@misty As an enthusiast, this was a fascinating post- I learned a lot, and have some new tools to try. Thanks for posting this, and I'd love to see more posts like this.
6502 ALU@misty really interesting and well written article that untangles the mess of legacy, proprietary, and gatekeepy tech.
Can low level reads reach the extents of Dreamcast discs, or are the too hardware specific?
@6502ALU Thanks!
And yup, that's possible. It does require a bit more work though: http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=GD-ROM_Dumping_Guide