CD-ROM emulation on the PicoGUS emulates a Panasonic/MKE interface and drive and supports CD images in ISO or BIN/CUE stored on a USB drive plugged into the USB port on the PicoGUS. CD-ROM emulation ...

As we celebrate Xbox's 25th anniversary this year, we've been looking into the archives and reminded ourselves of Soundtrack 1: The Definitive Xbox Compilation - a CD that featured the likes of The ...

As an independent nonprofit, the Internet Archive is fighting for universal access to quality information. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, sell user ...

There was once a time when video game horror, long before livestreaming and digital storefronts, physically lived in your house. Lurking inside plastic jewel cases or large cardboard boxes, all ...

These days, very few of us use optical media on the regular. If we do, it’s generally with a slot-loading console or car stereo, or an old-school tray-loader in a desktop or laptop. This has been the ...

ROME, N.Y. -- Today marks National CD Player Day, and an interesting fact is that the inventor of CD-ROM technology was from Rome. John Dove was born on June 4, 1924, in North Carolina. After serving ...

Frontiers Of The Mind is cursed, by which I mean that 7-Zip turned red while I was extracting the file. What unsightly encounter deep within the bowels of my download file caused this temporary ...

I recently finished Harry McCracken’s excellent article about the CD-ROM’s rise in the mid-1990s, and it made me realize that I had never really explored Apple’s early CD hardware. Depending on how ...

In 1994, multimedia discs—from encyclopedias to magazines—flooded the market, and felt like the future. It was fun while it lasted. At the time, it was the CD-ROM that had captured the imagination of ...

The Apple SuperDrive is a beautifully designed CD drive for anyone who still needs an optical drive. With Apple’s design language and a premium aluminum enclosure, the SuperDrive is a great option for ...