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  • djr 668 days ago | parent | on: Apple, Atari, and Commodore, oh my! Explore a delu...
    Well, that is why I have a C64 and an Amiga 500.

    The five other C64s an Amiga 500, 500+ and 1200, Amstrad CPC6128, Macintosh FDHD, LCII, Apple G4, Apple G5, Atari ST and every console are all illusions... nope nothing to see.

    To be fair, I love repairing and exploring the old software more than cupboard space.

    edit: forgot about the Dragons and the Apple IIs...

  • djr 668 days ago | parent | on: The Domesday Duplicator
    Tech Tangents did an excellent video on this a few days ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDlbwl3f39Q

    Looks pretty nifty, sadly, very expensive.

  • djr 680 days ago | parent | on: Retro’s Rubbery Curse - Why Rubber Is Such a Probl...
    Polystyrene as well. Acquired a Dragon32 recently and spent a few hours digging the power cable out of the polystyrene. It had melted it's way through about 3cm. Horrible clean up.

    All those people storing their retro "treasures" MIB complete with free chemical reactions ruining it.

  • djr 688 days ago | parent | on: Meet the world’s last bulk seller of floppy disks
    LGR often features floppy based music... I guess he gets sent a lot of stuff once he expresses even the slightest interest. Here's an example:

    https://youtu.be/bibkIYw9LlQ?si=Z9g5x1yVVXDZEXvl

  • djr 688 days ago | parent | on: Retro Collectors are Uncovering Hoards of Old Data
    Same, restoring a Macintosh SE FDHD atm that I bought from a traditional auction house.

    Got it booting and the HD is filled with that previous owners CV and architectural drawings/letters for a long dead company in the Midlands (UK). The previous owner had died a few months before and his entire house contents were being auctioned.

    I'll make an image of the HD and then replace it with something less ear-damaging... feels weird though.

  • djr 696 days ago | parent | on: Origins of the 3.5in Floppy Disk
    Ahh, tech tangents. Always worth a watch.

    Did some Amstrad machines use the 3" disks? I remember seeing them a few times around the time the world was transitioning from 5 1/4.

    • Jaruzel 694 days ago
      Amstrad PCW 8256 and PCW 8512, along with Amstrad CPC 664/6128, and the Spectrum +3 (made by Amstrad), all sported 3" disks.
    • xabi 695 days ago
      Yep, indeed I have an Amstrad 6128 with those kind of disks.
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