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USB Floppy Drive in c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
[–] me@social.jlamothe.net 2 points 1 week ago

Maybe worth looking into. I wonder how much shipping to Canada would cost me.

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USB Floppy Drive (social.jlamothe.net)
 

Came across an old USB floppy drive. I plugged it into my machine and it shows up, but I can't tell it it's actually working or not. When plugged in, it sounds like it's continuously reading, so I kind of want to test it. Can you even buy floppy disks any more?

That said, if I don't have any disks, I guess the question of whether or not it works is moot anyways.

Could my 10 year old SDF account still exist? in c/sdfpubnix@lemmy.sdf.org
[–] me@social.jlamothe.net 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@murph It does. Try finger jlamothe@sdf.org (that's me).

Could my 10 year old SDF account still exist? in c/sdfpubnix@lemmy.sdf.org
[–] me@social.jlamothe.net 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You can run the command finger username@sdf.org to see if an account with that name exists.

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8-Bit Homebrew Processor (social.jlamothe.net)
 

So, this isn't exactly retrocomputing and it looks like it's from four years ago, but I just found it and thought that many here may find it interesting.

This guy built a simple 8-bit CPU out of essentially discrete logic circuits (from what I've see so far, nothing more complex than a 4-bit adder chip) and explained the entire process.

youtube.com/playlist?list=PLow…

I'm so interested in SDF in c/sdfpubnix@lemmy.sdf.org
[–] me@social.jlamothe.net 1 points 4 months ago

@secret300 bboard and com both take some getting used to, but they're both pretty great once you do.