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echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

# ¿ Jan 12, 2016 06:37

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echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

atomicthumbs posted:

from reddit

i have that screwdriver

# ¿ Jan 12, 2016 23:57

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Sniep posted:

i find this highly unlikely

you may have one like it but i truly doubt you've obtained that screwdriver

well it was in that picture and now I have one in my drawer. coincidence? hardly likely

# ¿ Jan 13, 2016 00:43

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Prenton posted:

Usbourne have scanned in a load of their 1980s books so you can learn how to old computer

drat

# ¿ Feb 12, 2016 13:23

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

minivanmegafun posted:

a real non-trolling reason is that that appears to not be a SE FDHD (pronounced fudd-hudd) which means it will only accept 800k double-sided floppies

if you get one that takes HD floppies you can read/write them in a "modern" computer, and if you install the appropriate extension you can even read/write FAT16 disks

e: the usual indicator of that is that there will be a FDHD or SuperDrive stamp near the floppy drive. there's nothing that prevented a previous owner of that Mac from installing an upgraded drive, though.

IMO
this is why the Amiga never succeeded

# ¿ Feb 12, 2016 19:10

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Citizen Tayne posted:

PCs were still mostly using 5.25" floppies for the majority of the Amiga's productive life over here, and disk interoperability wasn't a consideration at all back then.

idk man i mean my experince was that my pc mates would have 3.5s but they would never run coz hd vs dd

# ¿ Feb 12, 2016 19:33

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

all those 720k discs that were around

and what you mean is that they couldnt read amiga formatted disks, but the amiga could format as pc format and pcs could read em

BUT the fact was almost eveyr pc drive was 1.44 and so the amiga couldnt touch it

making interoperatbiltriyt inaskopat

# ¿ Feb 14, 2016 02:05

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echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Hed posted:

holy poo poo I remember these illustrations

# ¿ Feb 21, 2016 09:32

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