#opticaldrive — Public Fediverse posts

Why Did Early CD-ROM Drives Rely On Awkward Plastic Caddies? - These days, very few of us use optical media on the regular. If we do, it’s genera... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/18/why-did-early-cd-rom-drives-rely-on-awkward-plastic-caddies/ #peripheralshacks #opticaldrive #opticalmedia #featured #interest #cdplayer #history #cd-rom #caddy #cdrom

Optical Tweezers Investigate Tiny Particles - No matter how small you make a pair of tweezers, there will always be things that ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/22/optical-tweezers-investigate-tiny-particles/ #opticaltweezers #opticaldrive #diffraction #laserhacks #chemistry #dvdburner #glycerol #tweezers #biology #colloid #laser

Optical Tweezers Investigate Tiny Particles https://hackaday.com/2024/04/22/optical-tweezers-investigate-tiny-particles/ #opticaltweezers #opticaldrive #diffraction #LaserHacks #Chemistry #dvdburner #glycerol #tweezers #biology #colloid #laser

Apple declares last MacBook Pro with an optical drive obsolete - Enlarge / The 13-inch MacBook Pro from 2012.

Sometimes, it's ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2000360 #13-inchmacbookpro #opticaldrive #macbookpro #apple #tech #dvd #cd

Laser Engraver Uses All of the DVD Drive - For the last ten to fifteen years, optical drives have been fading out of existenc... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/10/laser-engraver-uses-all-of-the-dvd-drive/ #opticaldrive #steppermotor #laserhacks #carriage #dvddrive #engraver #arduino #gcode #laser #cnc

Shake Your PCB Etching, With An Old Optical Drive - Easy PCB fabrication in China has revolutionised electronic construction at our le... - https://hackaday.com/2023/04/23/shake-your-pcb-etching-with-an-old-optical-drive/ #opticaldrive #toolhacks #etching #pcb

@linuxmagazine @feditips Wow the mag includes free DVDs! If only I had a computer with an #opticaldrive!

Now where is my old #MacBookPro or my #PowerBook Pismo?

Adding In-Game Reset to Classic Playstations - The first Playstation is quickly approaching three decades since its release, and ... - https://hackaday.com/2021/06/01/adding-in-game-reset-to-classic-playstations/ #opticaldriveemulator #opticaldrive #playstation #controller #emulator #hardware #original #solder #games #reset #ps1

Tearing Down A PS3 Blu Ray Drive - Optical drives are somewhat passe in 2019, with most laptops and desktops no longer shipping with ... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/11/12/tearing-down-a-ps3-blu-ray-drive/ #opticaldrive #mischacks #blu-ray #bluray

Easy Optical Drive Sharing With PYODS - For many of us, the optical drive is a thing of the past. Once considered essential, the technolog... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/11/07/easy-optical-drive-sharing-with-pyods/ #opticaldrive #mischacks #python #iso

Build A Plotter Using Scrap DVD Drives - Building your own CNC machine can present a series of varied challenges. There are the software cons... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/04/29/build-a-plotter-using-scrap-dvd-drives/ #opticaldrive #penplotter #cnchacks #dvddrive #cddrive #plotter #cnc