For the dedicated archivist and the nostalgic collector, one specific piece of obsolete technology stands out as a fascinating artifact of that era: the .
There was no drag-and-drop or touch-screen support. Navigation was strictly keyboard or mouse-based, often requiring the user to click "Next" buttons that looked like NERV terminal switches. NEON GENESIS EVANGELION SLIDESHOW E -PD- ROM
One such format was the drive. Developed by Panasonic (Matsushita), PD was a rewritable optical disc technology that could hold roughly 650MB of data—similar to a standard CD. However, PD discs were housed in protective caddies and offered faster read/write speeds. More importantly, PD drives were usually backward compatible with standard CDs. For the dedicated archivist and the nostalgic collector,
Despite these limitations, the Slideshow E represented the pinnacle of accessibility. Before this, seeing a clean line art of Unit 01 required One such format was the drive