Post Arf3kvOpFS2cPphrOa by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
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 (DIR) Post #Arf3kuFvV3KQrwXEsy by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
       2025-03-03T00:31:47Z
       
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       In 2022, I introduced the project DISCMASTER, which is a unique project to make the internals of tens of thousands of 1990s-2000s CD-ROMs findable in a semantic search.Today, I'm announcing the team has now made DISCMASTER 2, a ground-up rewrite with so much improvement.http://discmaster.textfiles.com
       
 (DIR) Post #Arf3kvOpFS2cPphrOa by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
       2025-03-03T00:32:18Z
       
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       If you missed it the first time, DISCMASTER does semantic search after analyzing hundreds of millions of files locked deep down inside ISOs and BINs of CD-ROMs from the era when the CD-ROM reigned. We've already found long-lost media, buried citations, and forgotten applications and items. What now?
       
 (DIR) Post #Arf3kwT7Gz4FjQiniq by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
       2025-03-03T00:32:24Z
       
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       The new system will also be ingesting new CD-ROMs. How many? There are 20,000 it is beginning the process of adding. Within a few months, DISCMASTER will have a grip on so much material that otherwise would be endless time for researchers and fans to find. It's going to be amazing.
       
 (DIR) Post #ArfoIIX4rAjRbqPxKa by thefinn@poa.st
       2025-03-03T09:30:51.245428Z
       
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       @textfiles You know Jason Scott?
       
 (DIR) Post #ArfoP84M9ngvBYF0Qi by thefinn@poa.st
       2025-03-03T09:32:05.166941Z
       
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       @textfiles Holy shit you got old... I am the same "thefinn" from #2600 efnet.