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How common was video rental piracy during the 90s? (nord.pub)
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[–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I still have a ton of CDs and DVDs I burned in mid 2000s. I'm pretty sure they all still work.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    It's like VCRs now though, in that I don't think I have an actual player or a disk drive in any of my computers anymore. I think some of them would work in my PlayStation, but I also have Spotify and IPTV, so in the time it took me to write this comment, I'd have it called up.

    For the record though, I know for a fact they still largely work. I did verify that a few years ago, when my wife tried to throw them out.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    Heh. I recently revived an old computer, got a case off FB marketplace and put old hardware in there. Old gigabyte board, e8400 core2duo, $10 GPU off eBay, a 128gb SSD I had laying around. Finished off with Linux Mint and it works pretty well actually. Able to watch 1080p YouTube no problem, even installed Steam and started playing through GTA3 again. IDE CD/DVD drive, and even floppy drive! Had to replace the deteriorated rubber for the cd drive tray mechanism. Both work perfectly, turns out I have 1 single surviving floppy disk that I tested with.

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