You didn't need a CD-ROM to do what Ford's website could do, especially as more features were added over time. Today, it's a fun way to look back at what tech was like before the world went online.

What's great about Muppets Inside is that it all goes wrong. Immediately. It starts up with a CD-ROM version of the classic theme ("It's time to boot the disc up.

A mildly annoying trend over recent years has been for USB hardware devices to expose a CD-ROM drive containing their drivers for Windows users. Of course there’s no real CD in there, instead… ...

Inside, the SNES-CD looks a lot like a standard SNES on a chip-to-chip basis, ... Still, the CD-ROM drive itself wouldn't spin up, and a system check mode failed on the "CD I/F" test.

It’s a Serengeti out there. A jungle might be preferable. The aptly named Savage CD-ROM by Discovery Channel Multimedia (suggested retail, $49.95) simulates what it would be like to “step into ...

The information about the now-viral image is also available on the Microsoft website. They said, "In 1994, Bill Gates wanted to show people how much information could fit on a CD-ROM.