TDK CD-R74
One of TDK's Reflex series discs, containing 6 Photoshop PSD files and 16 iterative JPG image files. Each file was dated from Christmas day 1999 to New Years day 2000.
ATIP information notes that disc production was conducted by Taiyo Yuden Co. Of Tokyo.
Imation CD-R 80min
An Imation CD-R containing 25 photographs, taken on an Olympus C300Z/D550Z digital camera between July and September of 2003.
ATIP information notes that the disc was manufactured by the CMC Magnetics Corp.
Maxell MF-2HD
This disk was found inside a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital stills camera which came from the South of Wales. The images were likely taken on the same device given that they follow the Sony Mavica series file naming format.
Sony MFD-2HD
This Sony branded, IBM formatted floppy disk was found inside a Sony Mavicap MVC-FDR1E, a digital still image capture device. It can only be assumed that the images found on the disk were produced using such a device, given that the file names use the Sony Mavica line MVC-xxxF file titling format. The images were produced using the higher quality 'Fine' quality option and as such are titled using the 'f' file name suffix instead of 's'.
TDK CD-R 80min
A somewhat alien in design TDK CD-R, featuring a mixtape of Afrobeat and soul dance tracks from various South African artists. It features a single sided photograph on generic printer paper as cover art. This disc was donated to the archive, with its donor noting that it was found in a community honesty box in Toronto, Canada.
ATIP data notes that the disc was produced by Moser Baer India.
Unbranded DVD+R 4.7GB 8x
A second example of the generic ‘Best’ DVD+R with printable face. This disc was donated to the archive with it’s donor noting that the disc was bought unknowingly in an auction of photographic equipment. The disc was sent without packaging among other discs on a single spool.
The disc contains 42 folders of photographs taken between May 2008 and February 2009, captured on two cameras, the Casio EX-Z20 and Panasonic DMC-FZ20 respectively. Additionally, one of these folders is designated as ‘Digital Image Recovery’ and contains 108 files, 103 of which are images with the remainder being malformed .MOV video files. Some of these files are openable but visually corrupted.
Another folder is also present containing backups of 48 downloaded files including PDFs and software executable (.exe) files among other more obscure files such as several .gadget files noting that the user was using the Windows Vista operating system, as these file types were used for adding extensions to the sidebar offered by this OS.
The disc has an MID of Plasmon1-C01-00 which documentation of is scarce. This notes that it was made by Plasmon Data Systems, formerly based in Leeds, England. This disc MID is shared with offerings under the ‘Morrisons Home’ brand , which could be bought it a bundle of 25 in respective stores.
Maxell CD-R 52x
A typical Maxell CD-R containing just as much dust and lint as actual on disc files. This disc was donated to the archive with its donor noting that the disc was bought unknowingly in an auction of photographic equipment. The disc was sent without packaging among other discs on a single spool.
246 photographs are distributed within 8 folders, ranging in date of origin between December 2006 and January 2007. Each of the photographs were taken on one of three cameras, being a Casio EX-Z70, Fujifilm FinePix4700 ZOOM and a Panasonic DMC-FZ20 respectively.
The disc was manufactured by Ritek Co. of Taiwan
Verbatim CD-R 24x
This Verbatim CD-R, manufactured by the Mitsubishi Electronics Corp., holds one of two discs from an original PAL release of Gran Turismo 2 for the Sony Playstation. This disc holds the ‘GT Mode’ portion of the game and does not include the ‘Arcade Mode’ content. The disc is incorrectly housed within the case of a TDK CD-R74.
TDK CD-R80 52x
A CD-R80 from TDK, manufactured by Moser Baer India. This disc holds a later build of the ‘Damn Small Linux’ (DSL) operating system. This was one of a few different projects which sought to produce increasingly compressed versions of the Linux OS for use on storage devices with minimal space, often as a backup.
This disc was donated to the archive with it’s donor noting that the disc was bought unknowingly in an auction of photographic equipment. The disc was sent without packaging among other discs on a single spool.
Unbranded CD-R (Printable)
An officially released copy of the single “The Crayfish Cocktail” by Jocasta Sleeps from 2008. This was a self-released version of the album with a more substantial reissue with label Euphonios (EUP04) following in 2009.
ATIP information notes that this disc was manufactured by
CMD Magnetics Corp. This particular copy has been poorly printed by the artist as some text is almost illegible when compared to other copies. The link to the artists MySpace page is no longer operational.
The CD-R was released in a clear plastic sleeve with no cover art.
Memorex DVD-R 16x 4.7GB
A Memorex brand disc manufactured by CMC Magnetics Corp with an MID of CMC MAG. AM3, making it one of the least well regarded discs of its era in terms of reliability. These discs were known to last less than a year before becoming unreadable to most disc drives.
This disc contains one video file with a duration of 7mins 41sec. To note, a border has been added to this video to make it fit within the square format of disc.archive posts. The video itself is in its unaltered state. The video itself presents a narrated slideshow of wildlife photos and is accompanied by custom title screens produced using ProShow software.
TDK DVD+R (Printable)
A printable offering from TDK, manufactured by CMC Magnetics Corp. with an MID of CMC MAG-EO1-00. The disc is housed within a generic sleeve composed of thin plastic and a polypropylene non-woven fabric, with compartments for storage of two discs.
This disc contains one video file with a duration of 5mins 50sec. To note, a border has been added to this video to make it fit within the square format of disc.archive posts. The video itself is in its unaltered state. The video itself presents a narrated slideshow of holiday photos and is accompanied by custom title screens produced using ProShow software.
