Subj : Re: Housekeeping
To   : tassiebob
From : claw
Date : Tue Jul 05 2022 18:30:20

On 05 Jul 2022, tassiebob said the following...
 ta> I caught the end of that one - was an interesting read.
 ta> 
 ta> I guess my favourite retro machines are the BBC's, for no other reason
 ta> than they are what we had at school and what I used most back then.
 ta> 
 ta> These days I'm interested in exploring pretty much anything 8-bit - I
 ta> picked up an SVI-328 maybe 6 months back and have had some fun poking
 ta> around with that.  I have a C64 I'm just about to play with - never had
 ta> one as a kid - just fixing the PSU on that one.  Once it's working I'll
 ta> have to see if one of the floppy drives works...
 ta> 
 ta> Beyond 8-bits I've got a couple of Atari ST's and an Amiga 500.

Well I can tell you not to waste your time with floppies.  There is an emulator software for the PI.  Thats the way to go.  You can just emulate the drive and use the TOSEC.  I think its up to 5000 plus images for the C64.  I also have one for the AMIGA 1200 I have.  Floppy emulators were a must have for any retro nerd.  

I have 2 C64s and the A1200.  Had a 500 but after begging and pleading I traded it to someone that didn't have any retro gear.  Only kinda regret it.  Had a few CD32s and the SX1 which basically made it an A1200 so didn't mind trading those away.  Only system I really regret is not keeping my first PC which was a 486 SX20.  I learned so much from that machine.  Pretty sure it just got tossed once my mom didn't want it anymore.  Should have said I want it but what are you going to do now?  

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