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**Arachne** · 22-06-2006

From optical drives to pole dancing pussycats...boy did this thread go OT quick. About right for the LR, I'd say

**DrageMester** · 22-06-2006

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Originally Posted by Arachne

From optical drives to pole dancing pussycats...boy did this thread go OT quick. About right for the LR, I'd say

No no, greg didn't say pole dancing but "poll dancing" - you misunderstood him.

We definitely need a pussycat dancing around creating polls about this subject and that subject!

Regarding "off-topic", isn't it frowned upon to be on-topic in the Living Room for more than a post or two?

*pipemanid* · 22-06-2006

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Originally Posted by Arachne

From optical drives to pole dancing pussycats...boy did this thread go OT quick. About right for the LR, I'd say

With an opening question of "When did you lose your optical viginity?", I thought it went quite well...

**Arachne** · 22-06-2006

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Originally Posted by pipemanid

With an opening question of "When did you lose your optical viginity?", I thought it went quite well...

I guess you have a point, LOL

@Drage - anything but poll dancing pussycats!

haveacigar · 22-06-2006

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Originally Posted by Arachne

I guess you have a point, LOL

@Drage - anything but poll dancing pussycats!

actually optical virginity? reminds me of this asian craze called sconeing

leave my eye sockets alone

gregtherotterius · 22-06-2006

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Originally Posted by DrageMester

No no, greg didn't say pole dancing but "poll dancing" - you misunderstood him.

We definitely need a pussycat dancing around creating polls about this subject and that subject!

Regarding "off-topic", isn't it frowned upon to be on-topic in the Living Room for more than a post or two?

WTF!!

I MEANT pole dancing

Did someone edit my post?>?>?>

**DrageMester** · 22-06-2006

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Originally Posted by gregtherotterius

WTF!!

I MEANT pole dancing

Did someone edit my post?>?>?>

When you make a typo that can be understood in another (funny) way and someone makes a joke out of it, you are supposed to continue the joke - not deny it!

Poll dancing pussycats just seems funnier to me somehow than what you intended to write.

gregtherotterius · 22-06-2006

lol. i was aiming for the weird slash shock factor

*zebadee* · 22-06-2006

Hi

Can't remember much, cept it was clockwork. Took a long w/e to burn a full cdr. Cost a years salary.

**Arachne** · 22-06-2006

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Originally Posted by zebadee

Hi

Can't remember much, cept it was clockwork. Took a long w/e to burn a full cdr. Cost a years salary.

I didn't think you were that...old

*runs*

*BeeR_DoG* · 22-06-2006

First CDROM drive was a Mitsumi FX001. I think I bought in 93/94

First Burner was a HP8100i, but when I discovered (within a week) that it haven’t had the capability to write more than 78.30 min. on a 80 min. media, I quickly replaced it with my beloved PlexWriter 4/12C. I’d say this was around 98.

robbo · 22-06-2006

First CDrom was a Sony if i remember rightly and first burner was a Mitsumi forget which model but would be around 99 that i got it.

*gene_simmons* · 22-06-2006

HP 8210 in 00 or late 99ish...

**DrageMester** · 22-06-2006

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Originally Posted by BeeR_DoG

First Burner was a HP8100i, but when I discovered (within a week) that it haven’t had the capability to write more than 78.30 min. on a 80 min. media, I quickly replaced it with my beloved PlexWriter 4/12C.

If you had kept your HP CD-Writer 8100 for long enough, it eventually got some (unofficial) firmware that didn't have that limitation. I know this, because I upgraded three drives with that firmware.

*Kenshin* · 23-06-2006

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Originally Posted by BeeR_DoG

First CDROM drive was a Mitsumi FX001. I think I bought in 93/94

First Burner was a HP8100i, but when I discovered (within a week) that it haven’t had the capability to write more than 78.30 min. on a 80 min. media, I quickly replaced it with my beloved PlexWriter 4/12C. I’d say this was around 98.

Mine was also a Mitsumi. Can't remember the model name. I bought it in June 1993, five months before I joined the Republic of Korea Army. It had a caddie, of course. I bought it included in a package bundled with a stereo ISA sound card and some CD-ROM titles. Cost about US$350.

My first burner was a Teac 4x CD-R writer, the 56S. Since then, Panasonic, LG, Plextor, Yamaha, LiteOn... and very soon I was with over 20 optical drives at once.

Already Taken · 23-06-2006

First was an overpriced Creative that attached to a soundcard. Can't remember specifics of model and specs but think it was only 2x rated.

Apart from various other brands I pulled from 386 and 486 ex government machines bought at auction etc the Creative was the only early burner I bought new.

*Kenshin* · 23-06-2006

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Originally Posted by Already Taken

First was an overpriced Creative that attached to a soundcard. Can't remember specifics of model and specs but think it was only 2x rated.

Apart from various other brands I pulled from 386 and 486 ex government machines bought at auction etc the Creative was the only early burner I bought new.

Maybe my first drive was a Creative made by Matsushita, not Mitsumi, same as yours. Must have been 2x.

*eltranquil* · 23-06-2006

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Originally Posted by Kenshin

Maybe my first drive was a Creative made by Matsushita.

Mine was a Matsushita too, SCSI 2x... immediately followed by a TEAC CDR-55S, which - woohoo! - was able to overburn CDs...

ET

**H3rB3i** · 23-06-2006

Mine was a HP 9110i CD-RW drive, after that I bougt a BTC 1004IM (this drive was the reason for me to sign up here

).

current drives in my sig.

and now I thinking about this one, € 32 for 18x +/-R and 12x RAM are darn cheap.

*debro* · 23-06-2006

Hmmm .. first optical drive ... an Asus 34x (that's not a typo).

Second optical drive ... scsi Matsushita 4x CDR (not CDRW, just CDR) with 2MB buffer - no burn proof - just a lowly $450au / $380US / UK$150 .. and a scsi card

Worst POS in the known universe

The only burner *EVER* that blindwrite did not support

Scheirmes · 23-06-2006

my first was a mitsumi 4× cdrom drive sold together with a soundblaster.then a philips 4× cdrw:which would only burm @ 2×

edit: or matsuhitsa (the s should be before the hit

)

edit2: it was!

I didn't saw the sign

schweino · 23-06-2006

my 1st was a 1x matsushita cd-rom drive (1993 I think it was)

*BeeR_DoG* · 23-06-2006

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Originally Posted by DrageMester

If you had kept your HP CD-Writer 8100 for long enough, it eventually got some (unofficial) firmware that didn't have that limitation. I know this, because I upgraded three drives with that firmware.

Yup! I remember it well: It was a hacked firmware based on a Sony firmware (CRX100). I actually helped a friend with flashing his drive.
I still don’t get, why HP never made an official firmware, though – Damn poor customer service if you ask me.

haveacigar · 23-06-2006

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Originally Posted by haveacigar

actually optical virginity? reminds me of this asian craze called sconeing

leave my eye sockets alone

im quite glad people had the decency not to ask what im talking about

**Arachne** · 23-06-2006

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Originally Posted by haveacigar

im quite glad people had the decency not to ask what im talking about

:halo:

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