Yep... it will be interesting to see what the client will does when is finally finished. In my opinion it is not impressive at all at the moment and also the functions that are available for alpha testing are... how to say that... not optimal.
I also still have an old pc with a floppy reader. Sometimes it is still usefull :D

You know, I never truly understood how a storage could be Magneto-optical, either it was magnetic or optical, but not a combination of both.

The CRV disc was basically a write-once laserdisc in a caddy.

It's USB for the patient person who has very modest storage needs. ;)

So do i. :) I download the installers into a folder on my gaming hard drive. Usually do that right after buying the game. I do have to get a new external SSD to backup the hard drive though.

I still prefer downloading the files manually aswell. ;)

Hahaha, that wouldn't be me though, I recently got me a 32GB USB stick (USB 3.0), as my external HDDs are not portable ones. :-)

I know, confusing as all-get-out. I partially suspect wayward marketing for that technology, similar to how people bolt the term "quantum" on everything they can now.

Yes indeed. Pretty fly for the time. Coincides with the heyday of early holography, which was also laser-heavy.

EDIT: Missed a period. But I'm not pregnant.

If an overzealous mother who can barely operate a calculator and considered it very heavy junk, that took up important space that could be much better used up by doillies, hadn't disposed of it already. I'm willing to bet my old PS/2 30 would still boot up. It would be a 20 year old machine now.

I'm not kidding about the heavy part, the casing was a plate of solid iron.

As Hyper said, the current downloader works just the same as manual downloading. It helps by checking the integrity of the file while it downloads and it can pause downloads as well, so you can resume them at a later date. You can also cue your downloads to make it easier.

According to wikipedia, you are entirely right. The "magneto" part in the name comes from the devices being identified as hard drives by the OS.

Trust a marketing drone to bullshit, and you won't be disappointed.

Edit: Further reading, indicates that there was a substantial amount of magnetism involved. And that the recording layer was in fact a ferromagnetic material.

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Stilton's Lost Parcel Update:::::

Thank you all those who sent sympathy, encouragement and tales of similar post-related woes (US to Holland and back because of no house number....wow). All that good will has fittingly paid off as my 'lost' parcel miraculously rematerialized at the local depot, which means my better half will get her Christmas presents after all.

Joy to the world and Ding dong merrily!

Okay, we can continue talking about games now....

I got Stealth Bastard Deluxe from Humble a little while ago, and thanks to the forum's gaming deals thread (and PraetorianWolfie in particular) I got if for a ridiculously low price, so this former sourpuss is now grinning at the thought of being a stealthy bastard a bit later on ;-)

My old IBM PC has one too. Haven't used that one since the late '90s though. When i tried to start it last month it still seemed to work although ran as fast as a snail. And when i tried to play one of the games (Rising Lands) installed on it it froze for several minutes and i had to restart it to get it working again. :(

Very, very, very, very, very, VERY modest storage needs. -laughs-

Well I appear to have missed the conversation about Galaxy.

I'm not sure myself. I can't see myself playing too many multiplayer games, but I'll probably give it a try.

I don't mind downloading through the client, as long as it gives me the downloaders somewhere (so I can back them up, install myself etc. if required). As long as it's not just the same as Steam (which I can't stand), and as long as it doesn't take too long to start or take up too much memory, as I'm sure Steam crashes my computer by using too many resources.

Thank you, Agent. How's your day been - good, I hope ;-)