To my #greaseweazle and #retrocomputing bubble:
Anyone else having the issue that a HD 3.5" drive (brand new Samsung SFD-321B) can read DD disks just fine, but won't write any DD image to either DD disks or HD disks? Is there any trick involved?
I don't have a DD 3.5" GW compatible drive...
This is a fun one because the .woz file was created not by analyzing a flux image of an original disk, but by the original developer's master maker program. Several years ago, a "friend of Larry [Sherman]" posted a collection of floppies on eBay which included several maker disks, the source code to several of his games, and — somewhat amusingly — pirated copies of Locksmith, presumably used for testing his own games' protections. You can download the maker disk here:
The PDP-10, a computer from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), played an important role in early computing. It made time-sharing common, and even helped build the early ARPANET, the precursor to modern internet. On this day May 17 1983, DEC announced the cancellation of the PDP-10, marking the end of an era. The PDP-10 legacy lives on in hacker folklore, and the ALT key on your keyboard is a legacy from WAITS, an operating system that ran on the PDP-10. #RetroComputing#DEC#PDP10#OnThisDay
Tonight's Edinburgh Hacklab : Repairing a tiny little 1992 Philips Minitel/Viewdata terminal as used by Bank of Scotland for the HOBS home banking system. #retrocomputing
And there we have it: replacement 6502 and 6522s from Rockwell for the gutted 1541 I repaired a couple of weeks ago. Now the drive is back into full working order!
The 6522 chips are relatively new and not MOS branded, but I think it's better than a non-working drive! #retrocomputing#commodore#c64#floppydisk
Do you want to find out how to alter level data in #Commodore64 Nebulus? How about adding compressed data back into the game? Or how about the sprite flipping? Source code included! https://youtu.be/893jG1PXW-k
"It is well-known that some Boeing 747s, for example, use floppy disks to load critical software updates into their navigation and avionics computers.
In San Francisco, the Muni Metro light railway, which launched in 1980, won't start up each morning without a floppy disk that controls the railway's Automatic Train Control System."
@DBG3D Yeah, I remember losing most of my pixel graphics for one of our games, because a backup on diskette turned out to be corrupt. Luckily, the graphics had already been processed into the game. 😅
@DBG3D Yeah, I remember losing most of my pixel graphics for one of our games, because a backup on diskettes turned out to be corrupt. Luckily, the graphics had already been processed into the game. 😅
@thomasfuchs the "slate" form-factor of the TRS-80 Model 100 is my favorite since it is the only one that is really portable, plus they make decent xterms.