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Re: [LUG] OT: What the ....

 

Paul Sutton wrote:

> I remember in year 9 (1989 or thereabouts)  I got to use the dooms day 
> disc,  cdrom the size of the old style LP records  myself and to year 7 
> computer geeks from year 7 got to play with it on a acorn achemedies.
> 
> Not quite cd recordable,  but retro memory all the same.  
> 
> Paul
> 

I remember them from school.  I believe they are actually LaserDisc 
based (analogue technology!).

Still it was miles ahead of anything at the time, getting near broadcast 
quality images and video on a Beeb (of course I realise now it's because 
it was a LaserDisc which went through a Genlock).

Rob

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