 djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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Re: The only true way to block piracy Good times, good times.
Back then, software was mostly distributed on floppies. So, you could collect an absolutely massive amount of software on a single CD-R.
The internet wasn't there, but dialup BBSes were. Access to pirated content was granted on a sort of invite/code word system. You generally had to politely ask a sysop for "elite" access, and/or be referred to by another member with access. There were usually up/down ratios that you had to maintain. That's where most of the software on those CDs came from.
My first CD burner was a huge external Philips CDD521, I got it as a hot deal at about $2,000. It was the size of a large AV receiver. The first blank I burned on was around $35 per blank. What was especially sucky about that was buffer underruns and failed burns were really common - made for some REALLY expensive coasters.
The price went down to the $12-ish range for quite a while before it fell to the almost nothing that it is today.
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 maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
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| said by djrobx:Good times, good times. The internet wasn't there, but dialup BBSes were. Access to pirated content was granted on a sort of invite/code word system. You generally had to politely ask a sysop for "elite" access, and/or be referred to by another member with access. There were usually up/down ratios that you had to maintain. That's where most of the software on those CDs came from. Yup, I remember those. I had access to a few of them.... my parents would be mad because I was tying up the house phone line, and increasing the phone bill as local calls were not toll-free where I lived.
Nowadays.... I walk around with a 4 Gb USB flash drive on my key chain, always carry it in my pocket. Very handy  |
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b10010011Whats a Posting tag?
join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA Reviews:
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| said by maartena:said by djrobx:Good times, good times. The internet wasn't there, but dialup BBSes were. Access to pirated content was granted on a sort of invite/code word system. You generally had to politely ask a sysop for "elite" access, and/or be referred to by another member with access. There were usually up/down ratios that you had to maintain. That's where most of the software on those CDs came from. Yup, I remember those. I had access to a few of them.... my parents would be mad because I was tying up the house phone line, and increasing the phone bill as local calls were not toll-free where I lived. Nowadays.... I walk around with a 4 Gb USB flash drive on my key chain, always carry it in my pocket. Very handy Ah the memories of downloading 10 zipped floppy images at 9600 baud...
Then getting that 28.8 modem and say WOW it will only take 5 hours now! |
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