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@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2026-02-17 12:13:01

Hallo lieber @… / @… — ich habe gerade gesehen, dass Ihr immer noch meinen alten Black Disk editor von 1993 verkauft... 🤩

Photo of a floppy disk with a label sticker saying "BLACKDISK © 1992 Chip Special Software" and a printed manual lying next to it
@usul@piaille.fr
2026-02-16 06:52:14

I Ran a 5.25” Floppy Disk With NO Case in an IBM XT Drive. - YouTube
#floppy_Disk

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2026-04-24 12:48:33

Does anyone have any service manuals/schematics/etc forr NEC fd1055 (or fd1050/1053) 5.25" floppy drives?
I've got one that's giving a disk fault 18 - which I think is not reading a sector so could be anything from alignment upwards; but occasionally gives a drive fault 10 (index sensor??)
But then again it could be the beeb it's attached to; so hmm suggestions welcome.
#retrocomputing

@niqdanger@social.linux.pizza
2026-04-24 12:50:29

The King of Nynex told me to Back the Planet.

3.5 floppy disk with message and signature of Renoly Santiago, the Phantom Phreak. The H looks like a B in Hack so the message sorta reads Back the Planet
@danyork@mastodon.social
2026-03-16 18:49:08

RE: infosec.exchange/@brian_greenb
Do you remember the Sony “Mavica”? It was an early digital camera that recorded images *onto a 3.5-inch floppy disk!* 🤯 It was slow but the disks were ubiquitous and so storage was e…

@Xavier@infosec.exchange
2026-03-13 21:25:31

I just wrote a prompt that I wrote a batch file for ... 33 years ago.
"Run a full sweep hardware test. Your tool list is ~/tools/list.md"
Here's the book I used back then to create my magic floppy. Now I made a magic USB stick with #Ubuntu and #Codex

A hand holds a worn book titled "UPGRADING AND REPAIRING PCS 4th Edition" by QUE. The cover features large white text for the title with "4th Edition" in yellow, a red-bordered quote from Info World Magazine stating "...an exceptional book, covering most of what you'd ever need to know about how to upgrade and repair a PC.", and a yellow circular badge that reads "Over 650,000 Copies Sold!". Below the title, a red-bordered section lists "Learn to:" with bullet points: "Add Memory and Disk Drive…
@theodric@social.linux.pizza
2026-04-10 06:34:15

Yes, it's real trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmca

Shareware logos which just look like two hands goatse-ing a 5¼" floppy disk