An amazing find!

[The shadow]

During house cleaning my son Chris found an old CD in a case. It was something long forgotten!
My limited edition Artbell com web site full archive from 2002!
And the wacky web!
I'm gonna see if I can get it to work !

Note my name and the number on the disk!

 

[pigfarmer]

.... now, where did the CD player get to? a box in the attic ?

 

[nivek]

.... now, where did the CD player get to? a box in the attic ?

My laptop has a cd/dvd drive...My question is, when one purchases new computer components that requires drivers they provide a cd in the box that contains the drivers, but why are they still using CDs instead of using a cheap thumb drive?...

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[pigfarmer]

I've been surfing Crutchfield. Disc players are available but have gone the way of cassettes and 8-tracks. The made for Saab Clarion with it's hi-tech security system still works but will set your teeth on edge plus the speakers have dried out. What isn't going away is volume knobs - still a desirable option.

 

[pigfarmer]

My laptop has a cd/dvd drive...My question is, when one purchases new computer components that requires drivers they provide a cd in the box that contains the drivers, but why are they still using CDs instead of using a cheap thumb drive?...

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Why provide media at all anymore?

 

[The shadow]

I need a CD/DvD disk drive the disk may be in a format I can't use anymore (it's from 2002)

 

[pigfarmer]

I need a CD/DvD disk drive the disk may be in a format I can't use anymore (it's from 2002)

Good Will, yard sales. My brother ..... he has a vast collection of old ****

 

[nivek]

Why provide media at all anymore?

I think they must provide drivers for devices in the box instead of making people search for the drivers online...

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[pigfarmer]

Depends on who and what I suppose. I installed an update to the Sync stereo in my F150. Apparently it's an appliance version of Windows, go figure. Ford just put it on their website with instructions. Actually, now that I think on it it has a CD player - never once used it.

At work updates were constant off hours OT. The stuff you work on and what I did seems to have one similarity - whatever the thing is it isn't one monolithic gadget it's a collection of interworking systems each with their own idiosyncrasies. In many cases I had to collect it all ahead of time for lack of network access. I used to leave 'Doomsday kits' at my job sites and I guarantee many are right where I left them - all recovery media necessary and it was usually a mix of various sorts of formats