Ok, this is just kind of retro, fun, and geeky.
Threads user Drew Thaler has offered several continuous posts as to the trials and travails of burning CD-ROMS and DVD-ROMS in the late 90s and early 2000s when the authoring and editing software was in its earliest stages.
Thaler makes an excellent point as to how fragile all this was, and how even the smallest variable could cause the burn to go south:
In the 1990s, CD burning, well, *existed* but was famously fiddly. The drives needed to spin the disc perfectly and send a steady stream of data in real-time, and the slightest vibration on the table or hitch from your CPU getting too busy would fail the burn.
It’s an excellent thread, complete with the heartfelt passion of trying to burn content as of 20+ years ago, feeling the rush of victory when it worked, and potentially going through half a stack of CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs trying to get it right.
If you have any CD or DVD authoring/mishap stories to share, please let us know about your experiences in the comments.
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