Post 9khfnN2sKhjkzf3LJw by greatjoe@todon.nl
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(DIR) Post #9khfVdRIdrfocs1Jfk by polychrome@cybre.space
2019-07-10T09:46:54Z
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I has opinion: Due to DOS games taking awhile to load (on real hardware) the sounds of the floppy / hard drive / CD-ROM working between loads is integral to the whole experience because you can tell the computer is 'doing something' in between each scene or level change.So using a solid state drive on a DOS PC rebuild is great for performance but loses something in the process. :thonking:
(DIR) Post #9khfVdba1dtf8kpWhE by carbontwelve@d20hero.club
2019-07-10T10:06:46.755715Z
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@polychrome I love the sound of floppy drives to the point where I still use a USB floppy drive with DOSBOX to give that authentic feel.
(DIR) Post #9khfnN2sKhjkzf3LJw by greatjoe@todon.nl
2019-07-10T10:07:27Z
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@polychrome On the other hand, floppy discs have a distinct shelf life, and are prone to fail.
(DIR) Post #9khfnNS2p7s0FipRYG by carbontwelve@d20hero.club
2019-07-10T10:10:01.057707Z
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@greatjoe I have been told this time and time again and taken it as fact. However in the 20+ years I have been using floppy discs I can count the number of disk failures I have encountered on one hand 😂​I was honestly surprised when I loaded one disk that was last written to in 1989 to find it still worked.@polychrome
(DIR) Post #9khsSy1CyIFazDsGRs by polychrome@cybre.space
2019-07-10T10:15:58Z
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@carbontwelve @greatjoe floppy bit rot is sadly a very real thing but if you store it well (dry environment) the chance of it happening declines dramatically! This is true for all magnetic media, e.g. VHS.
(DIR) Post #9khsSyFk6FsPiIfs6S by carbontwelve@d20hero.club
2019-07-10T12:31:56.944661Z
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@polychrome I certainly have seen bit-rot on VHS tapes. I guess either I have always used high quality diskettes or looked after them better than the average person. @greatjoe