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Comment by lisper

5 years ago

Very cool, but where did the record come from? Was bootable vinyl ever actually a thing? I'm old enough to remember the cassette era and I never saw bootable vinyl before today. Or did they somehow do a custom press from an audio recording?

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inopinatus  5 years ago

Hey, some of us old-timers fondly remember the natural warmth, presence, and low syscall latency of operating systems booted from vinyl.

  • bregma  5 years ago

    Not to mention spending hours pouring over the release notes on the album covers. The implementation detail in a gatefold cover for a dual-boot album could be intense.