![]() ![]() I was still burning DVDs & CDs as recently as last year at my last job, but that was what we’d call a degenerate case, as it was moving data from one air-gapped network to another air-gapped network in a “media roach motel”, if you get my drift…Īnd for as long as it runs, my daily (well, weekly these days) driver has a 6 disc CD changer and no USB, but can play MP3/WMA files (apparently poorly), so having my music collection on discs at an appropriate for driving bitrate is something I like to have an option to do.įor booting, I’m on the flash drive bandwagon as well. I also still keep a Blu-ray player hooked up to the main TV, because some things aren’t streamable (or the plethora of streamers I pay for don’t have it), and no one can remove my physical copies for tax reasons. I keep a stash of external optical drives around as well, mostly thinking I’ll eventually rip everything to my NAS for in-house streaming. So while I got hundreds of DVD, CD, Blu-Ray media stashed away… Probably won’t be using them in the future (other than show the grand-kids how it worked back in ‘my’ day! :D Boot disks are all written to USB thumb drives instead of DVDs. That was the last time I used any optical media. But all pictures easily fit on ‘one’ external USB drive with room to spare…. Take for example, for fun, when I got the Blu-ray drive, I backed our home pictures… Took like 12 Blu-Ray disks…. Not much at all any more with portable disk drives (HDD and SSD) taking the place of all optical media. Also have a couple of those cheap external USB 3.5″ floppy RW drives - just in case. I could see the writing on the wall as most newer case designs had no external bays for drives, hence the USB external RW optical drive just so I could pull it out if ever needed. A couple years ago, I bought an external USB 3.0 CD/DVD/Blu-ray to read/write disks. I do have several for in a computer case… Not broken either. ![]() Neat! Someone is always ‘thinking’ outside the box so to speak. Posted in Laser Hacks Tagged arduino, cnc, dvd drive, engraver, gcode, laser, optical drive, stepper motor Post navigation Otherwise you could use them to build a scanning laser microscope. We’ve actually seen a commercial laser engraver built around the same concept, but the DIY approach is certainly appealing if you’ve got some optical drives collecting dust. A high-output laser module is fitted to the Y axis with a heat sink, and an Arduino and a pair of A4988 motor controllers are added to the mix to turn incoming G-code into two-dimensional movement. Both axes are made from the carriages of the disassembled hard drives, with the X axis set into the base to move the work piece. One of the shells is saved to use as a base for the engraver, and two support structures are made out of particle board and acrylic to hold the laser and the Y axis mechanism. The build starts with a couple optical drives, both of which are dismantled. While there are some niche uses for them still, we’re seeing more and more get repurposed for parts and other projects like this tabletop laser engraver. There’s little reason to have them around anymore unless you are serious about archiving data or unconvinced that streaming platforms will always be around. Head over to the official website of iVentoy project in case you want to give the tool a try.For the last ten to fifteen years, optical drives have been fading out of existence. Now can refresh image list when service is running.īugfix, comments and suggestions are welcome. Pro Edition: update max bound machine number per license from 5 to 50.Īdd a running tip label when start iVentoy. The full changelog is given below:įree Edition: update max client number limit from 5 to 20. ![]() The latest version, 1.0.03, increases the "update max client number limit from 5 to 20" for the free edition and from "5 to 50" for the Pro edition. IVentoy support 110+ common types of OS (Windows/WinPE/Linux/VMware) IVentoy supports x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI and ARM64 UEFI mode at the same time. IVentoy is extremely easy to use, without complicated configuration, just put the ISO file in the specified location and select PXE boot in the client machine. With iVentoy you can boot and install OS on multiple machines at the same time through the network. IVentoy is an enhanced version of the PXE server. The major highlights of iVentoy are given below: And in terms of UEFI and BIOS, the iVentoy supports x86 legacy BIOS, IA32 (Intel Architecture 32-bit), x86_64 or AMD64 UEFI, and ARM64 UEFI. In total, it is said to support more than 110 types of operating systems ( Full list). IVentoy will work with WinPE, Windows, Linux, VMWare, and more. ![]()
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