Still Andrew (I guess) @ajroach42@retro.social
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I write and build stuff.
Est. 1990. (He, Him, Etc.)
If you end up needing a DIY solution to the hard drive issue, http://minuszerodegrees.net/xtide/XT-IDE%20-%20general.htm mentions that the folks at http://www.vcfed.org/ designed their own solution to the issue. You can download the board diagram, etc.
@yam655 It did not! But I'm printing one now, so thanks!
Like, seriously. This is a delightful series of youtube videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi8a51BnoUE
The marblelympics are delightful.
@68kmentat @ieure :-D
No worries. I'll figure it out when I get it cracked open.
@68kmentat
Hmm. Thanks for the tips.
@ajroach42 Although the hardcard itself is an XT-IDE interface, so if you can get it to accept another 8-bit drive you should be good.
This thread makes it sound like a 256MB CF card in a CF->IDE adapter could work for you.
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?12726
@ajroach42
"Sad Lack of Warburton" is a tremendous band name.
@lnxw48a1
More or less. Just a mild cough left.
@freakazoid
Seconded.
And I slept for like 18 hours that day.
It's dirty, like very dirty, but it is in otherwise excellent cosmetic condition.
I'm going to clean it up before I try and boot it because it's gross.
But once I get it cleaned up, I'll get a couple of bootable 5.25 floppy disks (I don't own any right now) and see how it does.
It has an internal HDD, which is almost certainly dead. I don't know much about XT era HDDs, so I don't know what I'll be doing about that.
While I was in California and so sick that I was hallucinating that my co-workers were trying to containerize my immune system, a shipment arrived at my apartment.
The shipment was my Sharp PC-7100 portable, which is a portable PC XT compatible from the mid 80s, and I'm really excited about it.
@ewankeep
Yeah, I'm enjoying it so far
Finally got around to finishing season one of Amazon's #TheTick
I was pleased. It's got nothing on the cartoon, and it suffers from a lack of Warburton, but it was pretty good.
I talk about it from time to time, but lemme just say I really really love Decoder Ring Theatre's podcasts.
They're wonderful, generally speaking, and I miss them.
@BertL Yeah, it's genuinely terrifying.
I keep expecting to see it wrapped around a tree.
George Martin was the best Beatle.
SHIT I just remembered that Link's Awakening is getting an HDmake for the Switch and now I'm hype as fuck
Common feelings:
Communist rage: witnessing/being subject to labor exploitation, gaudy displays of wealth, the existence of million+aires. Makes me want to burn buildings.
Anarchist rage: being talked down to/jerked around, authoritarian speech, “because I said so.” Makes me want to burn people.
Redneck rage: city folk being snotty/dismissive, southern us/Appalachia being treated as a monolith, wealthy southerners acting “country.” Makes me want to spit and then fight the national guard.
@lnxw48a1
Ours is closed!