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Re:Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full by ekelsen on Monday August 17, 2026 @08:36PM (#49339658)
Yes, my point, if the answer is that there is no way this works without every disc being different.

It was not possible to manufacture at the time at scale.

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Re:Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full by fluoridation on Monday August 17, 2026 @09:32PM (#49340050)
It's still not possible. You would need to make a unique master for every individual unit.
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Re:Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full by vanviegen on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @03:27AM (#49342521)
You'd use CD-R of course.
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Re:Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full by fluoridation on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @03:36AM (#49342613)
With CD-Rs it was already possible in the mid '90s, if we're talking mass production. CD-Rs are a little more expensive to produce, but not much more so. A slight concern is that readers of the time might not have been able to read the discs, because CD-Rs are not quite as reflective as CD-ROMs.
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