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At the beginning of current year I dumped my data which I have written to CDs in years 1997-99. The CD where dark green or blue, one or two were golden. All thi
by gitowiec 6y ago
At the beginning of current year I dumped my data which I have written to CDs in years 1997-99. The CD where dark green or blue, one or two were golden. All this disks were written with 1x or 2x speed. Then I had access to the Yamaha CDR102 burner which was SCSI. Burning disks then was a fragile process involving a lot of mumbling prayers.
I dumped to harddrive about 100 disks... it was all MP3 and AVI files. One disk had a hole in its reflecting layer the size of cross-section of a matchstick, nevertheless I could read whole disk.
I don't think I will throw away these disks. I will just put them in my basement. Who knows how long that 2.5 inch harddrive will be in working conditions :)
- tomxor 6y ago> The CD where dark green or blue, one or two were golden For some reason this image just brought back a whole load of memories for me. Some of the first of these I encountered were previews of my Dad's music he would send me on those ever so dark green discs.
- bfuclusion 6y agoI remember in 1998 ordering my Yamaha COD and waiting out in the cold Minnesota snow to get it from the UPS driver, then paying 1$/disk. Total cost per GB amortized over the life of the drive was like 2$ since a newer faster model came out 3 months later. Now I get pissed if storage is more than about 0.04$/gb. Times have changed.
- justinclift 6y agoGuessing these were the golden ones? https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-DVD-R-4-7GB-UltraLife-Archival/dp/B000WTO352 https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-DVD-R-4-7GB-UltraLife-Archiv...