• pticrix@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Given that you have a broken sword 2 physical copy, I assume it won’t take very long before we’ll be able to pry it away.

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I still have all my discs from 20 years ago.

    I also still have all my disks from 30 years ago.

    I also still have all my disks from 40 years ago.

    and I still have the drives to read them.

    • scops@reddthat.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Those things are clearly meant for laptops. It’s always awkward to hook them up to tower PCs. Either you’re bending the short cable to stick them in the top chassis ports and the cable tension pushes it halfway off the case, or your are letting the drive dangle from the back panel ports.

      I kinda miss the beefy boys that came with detachable USB cables and their own power supplies.

      • thejml@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 months ago

        The portable BR RW I found last year has a USB-C connection on the drive so you can use whatever cable you want.

        Though they do make USB extension cables so you don’t have to bend it weird.

        I do still miss the chonky boys though, but the nice thing with USB-C is that it doesn’t needs a separate power cable and plug.

      • HugeNerd@lemmy.caEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I kinda miss the beefy boys that came with detachable USB cables and their own power supplies.

        I had an external SCSI CD-ROM drive that used caddies and had physical buttons on it, I used it for a long time as a CD player. It ran off 120.

      • db2@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I just looked up an external 5.25" enclosure for sata disc drives. Nearly $50 and doesn’t even include a drive. That’s crazy.

        I’ve got this idea of putting a slim bluray burner in my machine. I got the bay adapter that houses that and 2 2.5" drives but haven’t finished the thought by actually getting the burner. 🤷 It’s probably pointless though.

    • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I never got super into BG2 but BG1 I go back to every 5 years or so. It feels like a DnD campaign, it’s comfortable, and I like how brutal the combat can be if you roll in unprepared

    • HexesofVexes@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Very different game (if you’ve played the pathfinder games, it’s a similar feel).

      Honestly, my memory is too rose tinted to offer an honest review on bg1 and bg2… They were amazing for their time, and have aged well in my elderly opinion.

      They’re less dialogue driven than bg3 (planescape torment will scratch that itch), and a bit less forgiving, but they’re damn good fun!

  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Bart Simpson was 10 in 1989. He would be the POSTER CHILD of collecting cds.

    Edit: Marge was 34 in 1989. Oh my god, Marge is a boomer.

    • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      They’ve been slowly revising. First they were boomers. Then they rewrote it to be gen X. Now they’re millennials.

      Time just keep on be marching…

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I just rebuilt two older systems and installed my optical drives in them. One linux box and one Win 7. It’s honestly great having them back. I’ve started moving some DVD’s and CDs to backup. It was surprising how much better quality a decent bitrate rip of a CD is compared to music streaming services.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Mine too. That’s what I spent my one (1) 5.25" external bay on.

      The old tower that’s stacked full of other disk drives is in the basement, where I can get to it if I ever need it. I find myself needing it more often than you’d think, usually courtesy of others who just rediscovered some irreplaceable personal thing on some damn fool floppy disk or another that they want back.