The roughly mid-90's and earlier (generally pre-Toonami, pre-anime boom) era of anime & manga fandom: early cons, clubs, tape trading, Nth Generation VHS fansubs, old magazines & fanzines, fandubs, ancient merchandise, rec.arts.anime, and more!
I have the CDs in an accessible spot. Let me know if you need them. Too bad I can't just upload them to Dropbox or other online site and just give you a link. Hmmm...that IS a thought. It's slow but doable...
Just from the name, I'm guessing those discs contain files from the anime@venice server at OSU, where I hung out at the campus shows. I remember the club guys scanning lots of art for the hidden archive. So, a copy would be a nostalgia present for me, if uploaded or burned to disc.
Wow, _D_, those are pretty cool pieces for your collection! How widely were those archive discs distributed? I don't think I've run across them before.