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argv minus oneMy first <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PC</a> was a 486 machine with two <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a> drives. A: was the little-used 5¼ DSHD drive, and B: was the 3½ HD drive that saw the vast majority of use.I only learned decades later that this was the opposite of the usual setup, in which A: is the 3½ drive.I wonder why the builder went with this arrangement?<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

argv minus oneWhen I was a kid, I didn't know what the “thump thump thump” sound coming from a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/disk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disk</a> drive was.It also made a buzzing sound, which I figured was the head moving back and forth, but the thump was a mystery.I'm still not sure, but I'm guessing it's the stepper motor moving by a single track. Am I right?<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FloppyDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FloppyDrive</a>

Games That I MissedIt is the year 2025 CE. I have received a 5.25-inch floppy in the post (among other things).<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AppleII</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Floppy</a>

Lahminewski Lab ⚗️Sortie photo Infrarouge au bord du <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/Tarn?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tarn</a> en <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/lozere?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lozere</a> (suite). 😉 📷 <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/lahminewskiLab?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lahminewskiLab</a> 📍 <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/BedouesCocures?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BedouesCocures</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/Cevennes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cevennes</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/France?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#France</a> <a href="https://lahminewski-lab.net/infrarouge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lahminewski-lab.net/infrarouge</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/cevennestourisme?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cevennestourisme</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/TechnicalPhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechnicalPhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/DIYfilter?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIYfilter</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/Blood?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blood</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/River?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#River</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/landscape?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landscape</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/infrared?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infrared</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/InfraredPhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfraredPhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/Floppy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Floppy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/ExperimentalPhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExperimentalPhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/Infrarouge?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Infrarouge</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/mastoart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastoart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/photographie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photographie</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/trippy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trippy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/apocalypse?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apocalypse</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/CreativeIR?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CreativeIR</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.ch/discover/tags/Occitanie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Occitanie</a>

Laurent FRANCOISENiveau configuration cela donne quelque chose comme ça : à gauche le fichier IMG.CFG à déposer sur la clé USB du <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Gotek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gotek</a> , et à droite le fichier spécifiant le format pour la <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/greaseweazel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greaseweazel</a> , à utiliser dans la commande de lecture de disquette. Le fichier image en lui même contient juste le contenu de tous les secteurs à la suite sans aucune métadonnée. <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a>

µPJust found an "autoprotec" 5.25" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a> disc - with protections slides to make them writable or write-protect it.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Diskette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diskette</a>

Felix Palmen :freebsd: :c64:My horribly old <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#desktop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PC</a> is finally starting to die. Currently running a backup (using <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/zfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zfs</a> send/recv) to my server of one important local dataset.Now I started looking for new hardware and to my surprise found a "modern" mainboard with a "real" parallel port (internal header, certainly good enough). This really helps with my retro hobby (<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C64</a>), years ago I soldered a simple interface cable that allows using a 1541 floppy on the PC, I even ported the <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/opencbm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opencbm</a> driver for that from <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a>. Without a parallel port, you'd need some complex USB interface instead including a microcontroller and "tons of shit", while the cable for the parallel port basically consists of a few diodes.Now I wonder one thing: I'd also love to have a <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDC</a> (<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a> drive controller) again. Is there any modern board coming with THAT as well or should I just forget about it?

Jan BetaNew video! I'm talking about boot selectors for the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amiga</a> showing off a DIY method and then trying out the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FireFloppySwap500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FireFloppySwap500</a>, which is a super deluxe solution.YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/FVRQ-UqaC3Y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/FVRQ-UqaC3Y</a> PeerTube: <a href="https://makertube.net/w/fDDPnJfTC6uuPxMekEhNzK" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://makertube.net/w/fDDPnJfTC6uuPxMekEhNzK</a><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VintageComputing</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/BootSelector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BootSelector</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FireFloppySwap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FireFloppySwap</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DiskDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DiskDrive</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Gotek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gotek</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ExternalDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExternalDrive</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/InternalDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternalDrive</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DF0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DF0</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DF1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DF1</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Floppy</a>

Sidde<a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Wargames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wargames</a> - My favorite <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#movie</a> of all time. With the <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Mega65" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mega65</a> version for the Wargames simulator I can be David Lightman myself. <a href="https://files.mega65.org/html/main.php?id=4baa92ff-94d2-4751-8f5d-1f1932b161bc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://files.mega65.org/html/main.php?id=4baa92ff-94d2-4751-8f5d-1f1932b161bc</a>Copied it onto a 3.5" <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a> to run on the mega. It's simulating David's <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/IMSAI8080" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMSAI8080</a> and <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/CPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CPM</a> with dialers and everything! It's a game to be played on an <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8bit</a> machine for sure!<a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/C65" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C65</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C64</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#textadventure</a>

HappyStarDiaz<a href="https://gladtech.social/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a> <a href="https://gladtech.social/tags/flashcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flashcard</a> <a href="https://gladtech.social/tags/cathoderaydude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cathoderaydude</a>

Chao-c'<a href="https://f.cz/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meme</a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a>

nivsAny UK folk have a need of these? I have no means to test them. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#c64</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/floppydisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppydisk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a>UPDATE: Thanks for all the tips, they are going to some good homes now.

LaF0rgeJust saw this beautiful teardown of a 3.5" floppy drive with beautiful shots by Richi's Lab (CC-BY-NC): <a href="https://www.richis-lab.de/floppy.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.richis-lab.de/floppy.htm</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a>

Daniele Verducci 🧉<a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> question: I'm trying to boot my <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/macintosh" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macintosh</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/powerbook" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#powerbook</a> 170 from <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/floppy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a> . So i used a <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> machine with <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/dd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dd</a> to write a known good <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/system7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#system7</a> disk image onto a known good <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/floppydisk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppydisk</a> . But dd exits reporting an i/o error while writing. Note that I can create working <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/msdos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#msdos</a> floppy with the same drive and same floppy. Also tried other floppies, same error and every time at the same place (44kb from the start). As expected, the mac won't boot, but for a little while I see the happy mac icon, so it seems the first part of the disk is correct. Is there any mac-specific parameter to pass to dd? Any other hints?

Games That I MissedBack at the end of October, I got around to opening up my 3.5-inch <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a> drive for my Apple <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IIgs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IIgs</a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/@GamesMissed/113386990352174920" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@GamesMissed/113386990352174920</a>), and found that the likely suspect was the correct one: a cogwheel in the eject mechanism was crumbling and had already tossed some teeth.I ordered replacement gears, made the swap, and the drive is working perfectly now. This lets me use software like Print Shop, which won't run without a floppy disk present.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrintShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrintShop</a>🧵 3/x

squelch41<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/shittycamerachallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shittycamerachallenge</a> Cliffs just poking through the mistTaken on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/sony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sony</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/mavica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mavica</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/fd200" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fd200</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a> disk cameraEdited on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/imac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#imac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/g5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#g5</a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/lightroom2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lightroom2</a>

DeFrisselle ☑️This Raspberry Pi automatically archives a stack of Amiga floppy disks <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/this-raspberry-pi-automatically-archives-a-stack-of-amiga-floppy-disks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/this-raspberry-pi-automatically-archives-a-stack-of-amiga-floppy-disks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retrogaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amiga</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Floppy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Disk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaspberryPi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/rPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rPi</a>

gloriouscowAny time you can produce graphics in a new medium, there is one thing that has to be done.Bad Apple!!, but it's Floppy Disks<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEiWHkRJau4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEiWHkRJau4</a><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/floppydisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppydisk</a>

ltningJust found this sealed <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.anduin.net/tag/floppy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a> disk in my copy of "ZEN of Code Optimization" from ... 1994! And it even covers Pentium programming! A whopping 300 kilobytes of <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.anduin.net/tag/assembly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assembly</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.anduin.net/tag/c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.anduin.net/tag/c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C</a>++ code. How much of this would still be useful today? Should I (re-)read the book? Will be uploading to archive.org..I'll post the link once it's up there. <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.anduin.net/tag/retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

gloriouscowSome folks wanted to know how well the cat survives being written to an actual floppy disk and re-imaged back.See for yourself. YMMV, if your drive is not well-calibrated.I used a Greaseweazle 4.1 and a YD-380 Type 1711 1.2 MB drive.<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppy</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/floppydisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppydisk</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/greaseweazle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greaseweazle</a>

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