LGR Oddware - Yamaha DiscT@2 (Patreon)
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https://youtu.be/gAY8C7rRh84
Greetings folks! Didn't quite get this one finished in time to go up on Friday, but here it is for your viewing pleasure today. I suppose it'll end up being March's first public video instead. And what a video topic it is, ahh the early 2000s and all its novel approaches to optical media labeling.
This episode of Oddware is all about Yamaha's largely forgotten DiscT@2 drives, a series of CD-RW drives releasing in 2002 and lasting only about a year on the market before being discontinued in '03. And well, I think the reasons why will be clear. (So long as it's burned onto blue azo dye, ha.) Regardless though, the fact that this thing burned bitmap images onto the data side of any CD-R was a pretty neat idea on paper. Or, polycarbonate.
I've also got examples of the other types of "disc labeler" drives that are mentioned in the video, so perhaps I'll also get around to those in some form in the future. Particularly Labelflash and LabelTag, as I now wonder how feasible it is to use both technologies on each side of a single disc.
Anyway, for now I hope you enjoy this episode and have a good week!