Post B2NCGupXNO69aSCnfk by unusnemo@friendica.rogueproject.org
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 (DIR) Post #B2NCGtaG0iHVim35DU by zer0unplanned@friendica.rogueproject.org
       2026-01-14T14:01:01Z
       
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 (DIR) Post #B2NCGupXNO69aSCnfk by unusnemo@friendica.rogueproject.org
       2026-01-16T10:28:47Z
       
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       @zer0unplannedThe machine I was talking about was not a personal computer, It was a mini and it had CPM on one disk, and I built a version of GNU/Linux for it. Main storage was a seperate Digital Research Tape Reel Set. It wasn't reel to reel, it had continues carts, if you are familiar.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2NCGwGs1FYY3W08um by zer0unplanned@friendica.rogueproject.org
       2026-01-16T11:10:10Z
       
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       @unusnemo no, I'm not familiar with this, I was too young back then : ) had to use a search machine to know what this all is😆
       
 (DIR) Post #B2NCGxGCLEc37ih7VQ by unusnemo@friendica.rogueproject.org
       2026-01-16T22:26:15Z
       
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       @zer0unplannedBack in high school a representative from Digital Research was donating some Tape Cartridge Systems to my high school. I asked, jokingly, if he had a spare. He asked what I would do with it. I told him I would hook it to my computer at home. He stated that if I could write a driver to control it, he would get me one. I asked for the spec sheets, which back then were a book and full of useful information, unlike today. I wrote the driver for my Commodore 64 and he came back to my high school to watch me demonstrate it on a school DR/ TCS with my Commodore 64. He had one of the units delivered to my house and even had an outlet put in for it. Though I could have done that myself. It was considerate of DR.