The compact disc is 30 years old today.

I can hook you up...

The first time I bought any music CDs, I bought a few at together, but I believe one of them was Heart's self-titled album (which like a lot of the early CDs was a bit harsh, at least when it was first released--I imagine they tamed it down in later pressings).

I still have the first commercially produced CD-ROM drive, also from 1985, the Philips CM-100:



(Note the elegant simplicity of the controls.)

Looks like you can still get DOS drivers for it, but I don't think it's likely to be supported under Windows 8.