Is it possible to find the creation date of a CD/DVD burned on Mac OS 8.6 either on newer mac or Windows machine?

I am cataloguing lot of my old music and data cds/dvds. Some of these were created on my old Mac (OS 8.6). I was wondering if there was a way to check the metadata on these discs on my current Windows machine or on a Mac that I have at work to get this information. When I pop the CD and DVDs into the windows machine the dates that show up in the explorer window are actually older than the burn. I assume this is the CD creation date and not the burn date. It's not a huge deal, but it would help me delve deeper into nerd-dom!

Posted on Nov 21, 2013 8:45 AM

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Nov 21, 2013 3:31 PM in response to sjd4-sjd4

One approach would be to have access to a Mac that can run the classic environment or has a pre OS X native installation. These should be able to read the files for dates of creation/modification. There is also SheepShaver that runs on OS X machines.


https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/20615/sheepshaver


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Environment


http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_capability/macs-that-support-macos-9-classic. html


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5028575?answerId=22597899022#22597899022

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