Most modern computers no longer come with optical disc readers like CD or DVD drives, but the market for external CD/DVD drives is still going strong.

The developers of the Sony PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 have told their social media followers that it is now possible to ...

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For companies seeking to store mission-critical data, disk arrays configured with SCSI-attached drives have typically been the only game in town. Lower-cost drives based on the Advanced Technology ...

The Commodore 1541 was built to do one job—to save and load data from 5.25″ diskettes. [Commodore History] decided to see whether the drive could be put to other purposes, though. Namely, operating as ...

In this increasingly digital era, physical media has become a thing of the past in most circles. There is, however, sustained interest in such supposedly antiquated tech. Some examples of this include ...

If you were to buy a new laptop, you'd have a hard time finding one with a built-in disc drive that can read CDs, DVDs, or Blu-ray discs. That's been the case for years, with Apple famously starting ...

An emulator now allows you to play physical PS3 game discs directly on your PC using a Blu-ray drive. Here are the ...

Playing your old PS3 collection on PC just became easier, with a new emulator feature removing letting you play a physical ...