chris r Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 I was about to ask if it arrived safe and well. Hopefully it works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpochNZ Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 4 hours ago, chris r said: I was about to ask if it arrived safe and well. Hopefully it works! It does have life, but trouble booting. Not insurmountable though....will devote some time to it over the next week or so. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Just now, EpochNZ said: It does have life, but trouble booting. Not insurmountable though....will devote some time to it over the next week or so. Thanks! That's promising! Better than a whole lot of nothing! /should have got both of them... One as spares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 So my aliexpress order finally arrived and I converted my terminal model m to USB Aliexpress teensy and a code I found from someone smarter than me. I'll have to read the instructions on key mapping as the num pad isn't mapped correctly but all the letters work correctly 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Thread dredge Probably @locost_bryan built these. VIntage 9v battery too. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/computers/vintage/listing/4220149746 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Fighting hoarding tendencies by cleaning out some drawers 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 About time these went into the bin I think. 2 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ul9601 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 at least they are not 5¼" or 8" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 I have some five and a quarter somewhere. No idea what's on them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Who else used to buy single ided 5.25" discs and notch the other side to make them double sided? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 On 30/10/2023 at 01:23, Nominal said: About time these went into the bin I think. Put them up on TradeMe in the vintage section am sure they will find a new home. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 45 minutes ago, fuel said: Put them up on TradeMe in the vintage section am sure they will find a new home. There is some crazy asking prices in that section of TM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted November 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2023 Dug up some old games on 5 1/4 floppys 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 On 22/08/2020 at 10:56, chris r said: So my aliexpress order finally arrived and I converted my terminal model m to USB Aliexpress teensy and a code I found from someone smarter than me. I'll have to read the instructions on key mapping as the num pad isn't mapped correctly but all the letters work correctly Ended up cheating and getting another usb module (model h board) will update my electronics thread 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Slideways~ Posted November 5, 2023 Author Share Posted November 5, 2023 On 04/11/2023 at 08:31, Nominal said: Dug up some old games on 5 1/4 floppys So cool, I happen to show my 9 year old KQ3 over the weekend (and Doom, Wolf3d and Commander Keen) all on a 486 66mhz jobby. I remember first playing KQ6 and was like, holy crap the graphics man! I still want to finish KQ3 one day. I have save game files from 30 odd years ago. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Slideways~ Posted November 5, 2023 Author Share Posted November 5, 2023 The sound of the 5 1/4 drive reading those disks, like a time machine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 9 minutes ago, ~Slideways~ said: The sound of the 5 1/4 drive reading those disks, like a time machine. Still have this old 5 1/4 clunker. Long time since it was powered up though. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Also this Orchid VGA card. IIRC I bought it used from someone on TheCave BBS Should have kept an old modem, all that beeping and handshaking noise 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myk00l Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 On 01/11/2023 at 11:31, cubastreet said: Who else used to buy single ided 5.25" discs and notch the other side to make them double sided? Did you increase the capacity of a 720kb 3.5" disc by drilling a hole on the opposite side to make it 1.44Mb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Weren't all high density 3.5s double sided? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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