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USB Floppy Drive (social.jlamothe.net)
submitted 2 months ago by me@social.jlamothe.net to c/retrocomputing

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.

[-] me@social.jlamothe.net 9 points 4 months ago

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

[-] me@social.jlamothe.net 10 points 4 months ago

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)
submitted 6 months ago by me@social.jlamothe.net to c/retrocomputing

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…

[-] me@social.jlamothe.net 6 points 6 months ago

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

[-] me@social.jlamothe.net 4 points 7 months ago

I love this one:

The fall appears hard. I'm sorry for you, your family, but agency got you here.

You mean the same agency that was supposedly A Gift from God? Classic Mormon doublespeak.

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Retro Computing Mastodon Apps (social.jlamothe.net)
submitted 1 year ago by me@social.jlamothe.net to c/retrocomputing
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[-] me@social.jlamothe.net 4 points 1 year ago

Wow. I guess I've got to give him credit for the hinesty, if nothing else.

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HyperCard Platformer (social.jlamothe.net)
submitted 1 year ago by me@social.jlamothe.net to c/retrocomputing
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by me@social.jlamothe.net to c/exmormon@lemmy.world
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submitted 1 year ago by me@social.jlamothe.net to c/retrocomputing

I was reminded this by another post that I just saw. Was told that it deserved its own top-level post.
youtu.be/4e0fRKHG7Hk

[-] me@social.jlamothe.net 5 points 1 year ago

@Adubya That wasn't even Y1K compliant.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by me@social.jlamothe.net to c/retrocomputing
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Greetings Fellow Apostates (social.jlamothe.net)

Because of the nature of the fediverse, posts that were made prior to my subscribing here haven't federated to my instance but I wanted to say hi. I'm really happy to see this comminity starting to migrate here. I was /u/jlamothe on #Reddit. #ExMormon #LDS

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