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kopirgan 18 hours ago

I have the MAD archives bought in 90s on CDs but can't use..

haunter 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The issues on the Absolutely MAD DVD (1952-2005) are just plain PDF files, no DRM, they work perfectly

https://files.catbox.moe/x4np6u.png

kopirgan 7 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

No mine were pre dvd era. In CD. Older. They had a surprisingly good UI with its own funny stuff. Your install that and insert the disk 1-7 based on which issue you select. Even scold you for installing wrong disk & comments about 'you can insert a CD of Yanni if you prefer screeching' or something like that. Lol don't know what mad has against him their comments are always funny.

ghaff 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The CDs I have seem to be proprietary for Windows from the late 90s. But I also have PDFs through 2005 on my computer which I must have "acquired" at some point.

kopirgan 4 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Yes the file names are something unknown. It has a software to access. They did a damn good job.

haunter 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The browser app might be some outdated Windows application, that's the case with the MAD DVD too, but you can find the actual issue files in some folders

ghaff 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I have MAD archives somewhere. I thought they were in some standard format but maybe not.

A lot of the gen 1 or so CD content isn't easily accessible although a more industrious person could probably get to it in some manner.

kopirgan 5 minutes ago | parent [-]

I have the CD backed up as ISO files which I can mount. Since these days laptops don't have CD players.

Need to try on latest windows 11 I gave up earlier. For a while had a windows 2000 virtual machine that worked.