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Last Notes

2026-08-12 01:29:17 GMT

I have never felt so powerful as having read the first 4 chapters of a programming book. I may have taken hours to read 2-4 pages at points, but its in my brain now ... mostly.

2026-05-27 11:08:46 GMT

Thank you @npub1ksf…r6s6 ! I needed a bit of a smile this week and this was a wonderful treat. I appreciate the “replacement content” contained in the pages.
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2026-04-23 00:46:51 GMT

What is even happening here. #tandy
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2025-11-14 18:39:06 GMT

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Explaining: load "*",8,1 to students I think broke their brains.
Showing them the printed out directory listing that came with one disk, priceless.
Explaining read-write notches and flipping disks over to gain a "Free" disk.
#retrocomputing

2025-11-14 18:36:06 GMT

In the "filesystems and I/O" portion of my Operating Systems course in college today. Brought some floppy disks in to help understanding storage system history and the archaic methods for data organization: tracks, sectors, partitions, etc.
I was surprised at how much the disks were investigated and examined by the students and how much curiosity was expressed. We almost had to suppress questions to get to the course material.
I think this is instructive. I'll try and incorporate some kind of tactile thing this spring when I'm teaching.
#retrocomputing #teaching
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2025-10-09 11:52:35 GMT

For no reason whatsoever, I would like to say my @npub1mjj…a2m6 laptop has been nothing but solid. Support has responded quickly to requests and they produce a machine that works great with Ubuntu, Arch, Debian. [@pop_os_official](https://fosstodon.org/@pop_os_official ) isn't my jam, but it is a solid solution for a lot of new linux users.

2024-09-15 01:09:55 GMT

I have a very similar move set. #retrogaming
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2024-09-08 01:04:05 GMT

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The apple ii version is over here on Archive.org
https://archive.org/details/The_Witness_Infocom_1983

2024-09-08 01:02:47 GMT

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Hilariously, this disk has TWO text adventures on it, but my IBM drive can't read the second one on the flipped side of the drive. But for now, this seems very fun. #retrogaming
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2024-09-08 00:12:27 GMT

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VICE 3.8 is an amazing bit of software. The greaseweazle image of a C64 disk read into a file from an IBM 4869 5.25 inch external disk drive unit works great.
I did have to do a SMALL amount of research to make sure I'm reading the disk correctly as the format type didn't automagically set the number of sectors correctly.
gw read --drive=B --format=commodore.1541 --retries=10 zork1.d64 --tracks=c=0-34:h=0
#retrocomputing
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2024-09-07 00:02:59 GMT

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A little bit of patience, understanding and gentle persuasion.
#retrocomputing
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2024-09-06 20:08:34 GMT

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Its also been about 10 disks, so its probably about time to run a cleaning disk through it. #retrocomputing

2024-09-06 19:58:50 GMT

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Oof. Worst disk so far. Only the second 1989 floppy disk with any errors.
#retrocomputing
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2024-09-02 23:43:51 GMT

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From the command line it works something like this:
1. run dosbox from the directory where you downloaded the IMG file
2. mount that directory in dosbox
3. use imgmount to mount the floppy image
4. have fun
#retrocomputing
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2024-09-02 22:48:04 GMT

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hmmm ... that didn't do what I wanted it to do. I'm currently trying to get the IA Dosbox to fire up and use the IMG files as disks.
Does anyone have a helpful link to something that explains how to get the IA to configure emulation like Dosbox? #retrocomputing

2024-09-02 21:41:24 GMT

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I could make a joke about 1989 AI software, but I'll leave it to the the rest of the comedians on the Internet. https://archive.org/details/isc_vol78 #retrocomputing

2024-09-02 21:02:13 GMT

A fun day at the house. Enjoying a little ShareWare Library archiving:
International_Software_Library$ gw read --drive=B --format=ibm.360 vol78_d1.img
#retrocomputing
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2024-08-24 22:53:28 GMT

Whelp. Let the adventuring begin. #retrogaming #kingsquest
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2024-06-12 11:40:47 GMT

This looks like some lovely coffee table books for the #retrogaming peoples. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGvwkZ1H0eo