I formatted a CD-RW disc in the UDF format with InCD to work as a giant floppy so I could backup stuff on it for when I re-formatted. It worked at first, and I got most of my stuff off of it, but now ...

It sounds heavenly. Get a recordable or rewritable compact-disc drive for your PC, and you’ll never have to worry about storage capacity again. Plus you’ll be able to make your own music and data CDs.

In 1982, when the BBC’s prime-time technology show – Tomorrow’s World – did a segment on a new musical format called the “Compact Disc” the presenter skeptically asked "Whether there's a market for ...