Post AXQW8gRizExhlQltdg by null@pl.devfs.xyz
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 (DIR) Post #AXQVpMWwoDJEUi09SK by foone@digipres.club
       2023-07-06T18:57:16Z
       
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       I like how quickly a non-project can spiral out of hand. I have a Packard Bell 386 here with a dying hard drive. So I get my roommate to buy me an IDE drive, but it turns out it's also dying and I have to back up a bunch of files off it. so I get a CF to IDE adapter, but then it turns out it needs a 3.5" floppy power adapter, and I don't have one on hand. so I build a cable, then it turns out I can't easily mount the CF card in the hard drive slot, because it's bottom-mounted, not side-mounted
       
 (DIR) Post #AXQW8gRizExhlQltdg by null@pl.devfs.xyz
       2023-07-06T19:04:37.371816Z
       
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       @foone and now the non-project spans an entire desk and a bit xd
       
 (DIR) Post #AXQXY6X7EVk9rgyjWi by foone@digipres.club
       2023-07-06T18:57:40Z
       
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       so now I'm in Fusion360 designing a custom Packard Bell hard-drive-to-CF-adapter doohickey
       
 (DIR) Post #AXQXY7UJgP6ApIg0no by foone@digipres.club
       2023-07-06T19:02:56Z
       
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       so now my BIOS battery is dead, my floppy drives are not working, and my CF adapter isn't working
       
 (DIR) Post #AXQXY89RDVzYspuqtk by foone@digipres.club
       2023-07-06T19:04:59Z
       
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       apparently all that happens when the IDE cable is backwards.also, the IDE cable has pin 0 marked on the wrong side
       
 (DIR) Post #AXQXY9F99m9WGpavR2 by foone@digipres.club
       2023-07-06T19:10:02Z
       
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       and now I've unlocked Piss Mode in FreeDOS
       
 (DIR) Post #AXQXYAjfbmA8tmsoeO by foone@digipres.club
       2023-07-06T19:16:52Z
       
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       IDEINFO.exe my belovedhttps://archive.org/details/msdos_IDEINF_shareware