The Computer Chronicles - CD-ROM (1993)

[@FinLetsRead]

Im hyped. Can’t wait to test this CD-ROM magic. Hope it works as flawlessly as described.

[@SkuldChan42]

It's pretty great stuff - you should head over to goodwill and get some hardware and software.

[@AdamsOlympia]

You know it's actually the best data archival format next to LTC tape backup for longevity? Writing a quality blank CDR at 1x will last longer than bluray, dvd, etc ...Important media will last decades.

[@CaleTheNail]

This isn't even 30 years old but this feels ancient.

[@noorazmi2329]

not really. just really.

[@Idleshot]

technology man, it moves faster than an nvme

[@gm7717]

Still remember the day when as a teenager I managed to gather the money to purchase a double speed internal mitsumi cd-rom drive for my 386DX PC. That was a hell of an upgrade. One of first cdrom titles I purchased was MS Encarta Encyclopedia. I was blown away with all that multimedia stuff ! There's not such an excitement anymore, despite the fact that the technology has advanced exponentially.

[@Door_Into_Summer]

Last time I was excited about hardware was upgrading from an old HDD to an SSD. Went from multi minute load times to seconds. File explorer is actually super easy to use now!

[@brendongyde]

Not sure why but always seem to end up watching computer chronical after I have been drinking.

[@CaptchaNeon]

I always watch them when I'm sleepy so I get that.

[@jub8891]

nostalgic feel

[@jamesnw]

22:39 - The guy on the left wants one so bad, lol. 25:15 - "Don't copy that floppy!" lol Nice catch phrase - until CDs became more popular. Then came the internet, and it all when to hell. ;)

[@baldarmstrong6532]

Johnny Turbo lives on today. He has cameo appearances in a few switch games. Will he ever get his own game? We can dream...

[@moe47988]

14:42 now THAT’s a librarian!

[@Westile]

"Don't copy that floppy!" He actually said it.

[@bucminster9172]

I remember when they used to refer to storage space in encyclopædias.

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

I was playing a game while listening to this, tabbing out every so often to watch a new episode, while Eugene wad talking i swear i could hear Paul McCartney.

[@oisiaa]

Man, these are great videos!

[@u0aol1]

Stuart: 'What do I get for my money by going out and buying a CD-ROM drive and buying CD-ROM software' Computer Chronicles Guests: 'a CD-ROM drive and some CD-ROM software'

[@MTNDewd01]

Lolll 🤣

[@idahomaine9490]

Been a short 27 years but some of these people are no longer with us

[@scottcupp8129]

I like watching these. A simpler time for consumer and pro users alike. My first CD burner was a Plextor unit. I used it to copy karaoke discs. This of course is post to the date of this video but I thought it was cool. How technology has radically changed...mostly for the better me thinks.

[@ian_b]

I was so proud of the quad speed CD ROM I bought for my 486DX2 system. Now I had a Multimedia PC! Wonderful times.

[@alexkaa]

I'm saving up for one of those magic CD-ROM drives for a while now... 🤞

[@tedbell4416]

They are pretty nice

[@ichigokarasu]

Can confirm: We were still using this antiquated system in Pennsylvania in 1999.

[@valentinoesposito3614]

I feel like I live in the future

[@URestURust]

So true

[@Thx1138sober]

I couldn't afford a CD ROM when I built my first computer in 1993. I had Microsoft Office and it came in a fairly large box that was about 10 pounds because it came on something like 92 3.5" floppies and several large printed manuals and took about 5 1/2 to 6 hours to install.

[@johngrave5554]

92 hawt damn if it took 6ish hours that a floppy change ever 4 minutes you couldn't even move away from the PC.

[@warrax111]

@@johngrave5554 He's lying. Microsoft Office 95 , floppy version, had 40 or 50 Megabytes. Depending on translation. It would fit into 27 diskettes or 34 diskettes. Average transfer speed is 30kb/sec, so one diskette is copied in 48 seconds. If you count one minute per disk, because of changing the disks, which can be actually done faster, it would take 27 or 34 minutes, to copy Microsoft Office 95 to computer.

[@bneyens]

I played so much Battle Chess I still remember the Bishops kill move.

[@infinitecanadian]

Ms. Stelson is absolutely drop-dead gorgeous. She even looks good today.

[@1337Jogi]

People in the 90s: "CD-ROMs offer enormous amount of storage" CoD - Modern Warfare 's 175Gb Installation: HEY GUYS CAN I JOIN IN?

[@ratix98]

Did that turbo duo prototype ever come out? That's nuts

[@TNDGAlcatraz]

its fun to look these people up and see what they are up to today.

[@sheiladikshit5110]

5:00 thanks for the pro tip, I'm headed out to get my xa scsi CD-ROM drive. I want to do it right, even if it costs significantly more!

[@tedbell4416]

It really is the best way to go

[@farscape1714]

Was going to ask why didnt i see this online in 1993 then i realize i didnt have a computer and didnt have access to the internet yet.

[@farscape1714]

On August 6 1991, the World Wide Web became publicly available.

[@AdamsOlympia]

There were only 130 web sites by 1993. It didn't start to take off in popularity until the next few years after. Gopher was still more popular and widely used in 1991, particularly among university students and faculty. I used to dial into my local community college's gopher portal, then navigate my way to IRC links to real time chat with people all over the world for free. Meanwhile, Compuserve and other online services were charging insane amounts to use their own real time chat services.

[@farscape1714]

That Chess game is RAD!

[@hamishgibson9084]

Who’s here after not getting a pre order for ps5 might get one of these instead

[@haddasSMD]

did he even get a chance to answer his question @ 5:50

[@sanyr80]

Guy showing off the Turbo Duo looks like they yanked him right out of a retro video game channel on KZbin in 2018!

[@scottcupp8129]

Yeah he sure does!

[@lancelovecraft5913]

Does any one know if that jazz program is available online anywhere? I would love to read through all the profiles and interact with the interactive media

[@victorianomas89]

Did you end up finding it? Looks like a treasure of the past and would love to read and interact through it all

[@jimmybuffet4970]

4:29 I used to have that! Anyone remember the name of it?

[@AgentSmith911]

And now in the 2020s we're moving away from optical drives and just download or stream the data through our Gigabit/s fiber optical lines.

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

Not in America, where they have carved out theiftoms and have no competition for them to improve their service.

[@KittenRaptor]

Amazing funfact - John Brandstetter there was the inspiration for the character Johnny Turbo

[@Dorelaxen]

@jolu42 Holy hell, you actually remember Johnny Turbo AND recognize that Brandstetter was his basis? I...I think I love you.

[@ThinkingBetter]

"Don't copy that floppy"...lol, dad, what's a floppy?

[@TheStevenWhiting]

The guy showing Sherlock Homes sounds so much like Anthony Sullivan the infomercial guy.

[@mecharoo]

the outro music is lit!

[@SlayerOfCunts]

5:53 Sorry to be the guy who brings this up, but that guy is the Spitting image of Jeffrey Dahmer

[@jeffreyjewell75]

He does

[@Retrofixes]

Wow I found a new channel. I can totally dork-out now. SUB

[@scottcupp8129]

I know right?

[@CaptchaNeon]

Of course they're going to recommend that you get the high end drives, they are out for one reason and that's to make money. Perhaps many users who were new to CD's didn't want to spend a ton of money for the name brand.

[@scottcupp8129]

I still have my 72x Sony drive. Still works too

[@jeffreyjewell75]

Yes this was hilarious

[@CaptchaNeon]

@@scottcupp8129 Wow geez that’s awesome, you def got your money worth

[@shaishlo]

As far as I remember. There was a huge difference between the different brands and you wouldn't want to get the cheaper stuff since it would soon break or be useless

[@FalkoJoseph]

Cheap CD drives were slow AF.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Jim looking better than any model.

[@jeffreyjewell75]

You want to have his babies ?

[@malcolmcampbell1968]

These CD ROM things will never catch on ..

[@scottcupp8129]

Nope. Unheard of 😁

[@jeffreyjewell75]

This is comedy gold !

[@johneygd]

That portible media player loods weird and that Fmv of cd rom is just viewed in a window size. I like that part with the turbo duo= best part.

[@AdamsOlympia]

I had a Tandy Sensation in 1992, a 486 computer that came with a 1x CD-ROM ... Never was a big fan of those early CD titles though -- Early multimedia was cheesy, with clunky interfaces. Most of the good software and games were made for DOS and came on floppy disks, or were available to download on the local underground BBS scene.

[@farscape1714]

600 MB wow, sign me up, im done with these floppies.

[@ichigokarasu]

I'm watching a digital video about watching digital video -- HOW META!

[@robfarmer9272]

I can tell Stewart wasn't overly impressed with LORDS OF THUNDER!!!... mannnn that game was epic. Quite an amazing awkward moment. I was waiting for the comment of. "But can it run Lotus 1-2-3"

[@markan667]

05:51 Finch from American Pie

[@ViktorBiohazard]

17:06 Ñoño se dedicó a la computación. :v

[@tedbell4416]

I just want to apologize to everyone, please don't judge me but I did copy that floppy.

[@OhFishyFish]

Battle Chess always looked like a tedious game to me, fun to watch for 2 minutes, then back to normal chess not easting my time.

[@rededwards3479]

I know the guy at 17:06.

[@NathanRW]

The guy in blue looks like he wants to eat the Sony cd player

[@RN-hx1rs]

17:13 The first neckbeard in history.

[@Big_Tex]

He picked an unusual career choice for an Amish man.

[@malcolmcampbell1968]

yeah was shunned.....

[@tjackson1210]

Is that a cultivated look?

[@chloedevereaux1801]

awwwwwwww i came for databases spreadsheets and financial info....... :D

[@megri3441]

17:07 taklitman tv

[@DanielBurapavong]

Great.

[@KingSlimjeezy]

lmao i thought that was jontron in the thumbnail

[@AmericanPride1234]

Putting the whole yellow pages on a disk still ain’t a bad idea. Lol. 10-6-20

[@Daehawk]

I remember HATING Battlechess. It was nothing but animations. You couldn't fight for your spot plus it took FOREVER for the moves to play out. ZZzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[@darthlasopotter5404]

Some people think that's not the best use of CD-ROM technology... Games😂... Now wait!! 😂😂

[@Chevroletcelebrity]

so SCSI is the way to go 🤔

[@Kynos1]

600 mb, more than the average hard disk. Meanwhile, in 2021, my phone has 512 GB of storage and is more portable than a CD, haha.

[@farscape1714]

To think there was internet in 1993.

[@ZephCloud]

lol...but they're gone now...=x

[@christineayres5339]

Oh yeah madam ? check out my 10 TB HDD lol

[@Sean12248]

17:07........nice beard

[@timcat1004]

The first CD I owned had porn on it.

[@ScentlessSun]

Mhmmm, uh-huh, uh-huh, hmmm, ahhh

[@farscape1714]

She really loves that size dont she? Ok Ok im leaving .

[@HaakonAnderson]

I have a card in my phone smaller then my thumb nail that holds 1000+ CDs worth of data.