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(DIR) Post #AnbunZulpAgcLIcRBQ by foone@digipres.club
2024-11-01T20:55:57Z
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Hey you know how computers sometimes have multiple USB (A) ports at different orientations and it's the worst thing?Bad idea: a PC with dual floppy drives, but one is mounted upside down
(DIR) Post #AnbvKAJQ2CeSUhge36 by jgilbert@mastodon.social
2024-11-01T21:01:53Z
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@foone why do you hate us
(DIR) Post #AnbvNE7cKK6dB7cu24 by timoj@mastodon.online
2024-11-01T21:02:02Z
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@foone My Atari 800XL didn’t care which way you put the disk in, as long as you notched it. OG SSD!
(DIR) Post #AnbveSANMYtpex8Bbk by acp@sdf.land
2024-11-01T21:05:34Z
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@foone 5.25, and only the mechanism is upside down
(DIR) Post #Anbvu55wuS7ajpVpjs by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
2024-11-01T21:08:20Z
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@foone I'd be pretty amazed if some form factor didn't pull some real bullshit along these lines at some stage, because they sure did love to pull some real bullshit even in the age of floppy media lol
(DIR) Post #Anbw6xPimM5wgEttLc by bloognoo@retro.pizza
2024-11-01T21:10:43Z
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@foone supporting single sided low density, but on opposite sided so to load stuff you have to remove the disk and put. It back in to the other. Then try and set a Speed run for Monkey Island 2
(DIR) Post #AnbwAZeh3RAU9Xd0me by foone@digipres.club
2024-11-01T21:11:22Z
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@mos_8502 that... Doesn't count for Reasons
(DIR) Post #AnbwSliawYWimI83TE by foone@digipres.club
2024-11-01T21:14:44Z
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I said this because I saw a gif of some commercial from the 80s where an actor is showing off a computer and puts the disk in upside down.I forgot that DEC actually shipped a CP/M machine that actually did this.
(DIR) Post #AnbwbUUSMlfbx6fu2i by foone@digipres.club
2024-11-01T21:16:17Z
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The DEC Rainbow.
(DIR) Post #AnbwzRekYRGU73uaky by foone@digipres.club
2024-11-01T21:20:32Z
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@yoshinoya this was the 80s. Rainbows weren't in color yet
(DIR) Post #AnbxDSKwowlmHIKY2S by clairely_player_one@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-11-01T21:23:07Z
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@foone oh no storage device wants to eat me
(DIR) Post #AnbxdIhLHQYzuf83MG by foone@digipres.club
2024-11-01T21:27:45Z
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Thanks to @mos_8502 for reminding me. I think I was trying to block out the RX50 drive from my memory
(DIR) Post #AnbyAP8ENfKnQHUV9s by foone@digipres.club
2024-11-01T21:33:39Z
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@mos_8502 @robdaemon I mean, I've got one! At least one. Probably in @gewt's pile though
(DIR) Post #AnbyCqBImYVptX5aPQ by Asymmetricblue@mastodon.social
2024-11-01T21:34:02Z
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@foone How else are you going to write on the back side?
(DIR) Post #AnbyFVY1x9jWlnzZFA by gewt@san-junipero.gimme-sympathy.org
2024-11-01T21:34:24Z
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@foone @mos_8502 @robdaemon yeah i have like three of those lol
(DIR) Post #AnbyNGHgaRSdkP2o2y by ieure@retro.social
2024-11-01T21:35:58Z
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@foone @mos_8502 I think the DECmate II, III, and III+ used the same drives. The DECmate II looks (externally) nearly identical to the Rainbow. Inside, it's a single-chip 12-bit PDP-8 that runs WPS-8, an OS dedicated to word processing.I have one of those in my warehouse, but have never tried booting it.
(DIR) Post #AnbydetOrTJmhaVGt6 by foone@digipres.club
2024-11-01T21:39:05Z
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@gewt @mos_8502 @robdaemon could I borrow them and fling them into a lake?
(DIR) Post #Anbyhbbp0lpdg1AC0G by gewt@san-junipero.gimme-sympathy.org
2024-11-01T21:39:40Z
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@foone @mos_8502 @robdaemon sure!
(DIR) Post #Anbz9SXcJpcbf5TiiW by oloturia@mastodon.bida.im
2024-11-01T21:44:50Z
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@foone Omg I have one of those still working (not a Rainbow, but a Professional 380) and I keep inserting the floppies upside down.
(DIR) Post #AnbzCA2ZYobz9SFIeW by msh@coales.co
2024-11-01T21:45:03Z
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@foone @mos_8502 I learned Z80 assembly language on a Rainbow 100...such fond memories!That dual floppy drive tho LOL. The drive has orange stripes on it, and DEC supplied floppies had matching orange stickers on them that were kinda like the write protect stickers at the edge of the floppy. They reminded you which way to orient the media.The 2 drives shared a single drive spindle and I think head positioned too so they couldn't be accessed at the same time. When you did a PIP between A and B the drive would be all clickety-clackety as the relay switched the heads between drives with each chunk of data.I remember how advanced my cheapo coleco ADAM felt after that when I saw it simultaneously reading and writing between drives LOL.
(DIR) Post #AnbzXpSujsfZi3tnfM by atomicbird@mastodon.social
2024-11-01T21:49:10Z
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@foone But only upside-down for one of the two floppy drives, to keep users on their toes.
(DIR) Post #Anc7Xbp2GOLX1seUeO by gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu
2024-11-01T23:18:48Z
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@foone @mos_8502 you know who invented the "it's not a bug, it's a feature" slogan? DEC !PS: some research showed that it was probably Grace Hopper who first used the phrase.
(DIR) Post #AncHPS414RwKgvMAkK by mamatthews@mastodon.social
2024-11-02T01:09:21Z
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@foone @Cdespinosa Had to use one of these at work in the early 1980’s. So much for *that* repressed memory….
(DIR) Post #AncNc5GziUn7UrplGi by gabe@mendeddrum.org
2024-11-02T02:18:49Z
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@foone At last, a use for the B: Drive. When you're done with one side of your floppy, remove it from the top drive and insert it upside down into the bottom drive, which also has the single r/w head mounted at the top but the sensors for the notch and index hole (because duh!) on the other side. It's all so clear now!