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Bring Back the Burned CD— They’re a love language. And a reminder of the hope we once had. (thetyee.ca)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 23 points 7 months ago* (15 children)

What’s stopping me is that I haven’t had a CD burner in like 12 or 15 years. But you’re right about the rest of it.

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  • [–] 45 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    A tiny laser and steady hands should work

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    External USB ones are free in boxes of Frosted Flakes these days.

    I have a genuine honest to goodness 5.25" bay mounted Blu Ray burner in my tower right now. Hey, you never friggin' know. It comes in handy every once in a while. There's a machine in my basement with an LS-120, a Zip drive, and a 5.25" floppy drive in it that all still work. Occasionally I still find myself needing to get some monumentally important ancient file off of some kind of floppy disk or other for somebody.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I was soo excited about ls120. Zip drive capacity in a 1.44 MB disc format with backwards compatibility. How could it not become the next big thing?

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Lol, oh I know. I just really never liked burning CDs anyway. I had a mini disc player, lol.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Nice, I found the one other MiniDisc user on Lemmy. It's an honour to meet you.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I really thought they were the future. I should have known better.

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