Dave F
@siliconundergro.bsky.social
He/him. INTJ. I blog 4-5 times a week about vintage and retro computers. Day job in information security, specifically vulnerability management. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. You can find my blog, The Silicon Underground, at https://dfarq.homeip.net
Makes me wonder how Kehoe's used car lot in Jeff City stayed in business.
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Makes me wonder how Kehoe's used car lot in Jeff City stayed in business.
So sorry to hear that! One option might be to use a Gotek as a stand-in until you can fix the drives.
December 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
So sorry to hear that! One option might be to use a Gotek as a stand-in until you can fix the drives.
It does, but writing 360K floppies to boot from is a chore. Having a newer system and putting a 360K floppy in it to write the floppies is the easiest way to get it done.
December 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
It does, but writing 360K floppies to boot from is a chore. Having a newer system and putting a 360K floppy in it to write the floppies is the easiest way to get it done.
My kids won't be fighting in Shitler's wars.
December 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
My kids won't be fighting in Shitler's wars.
If they're being that inhumane I may not ever go back.
December 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
If they're being that inhumane I may not ever go back.
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My personal favorite:
Stalin and his driver were on their way to Moscow in a car when all of a sudden they hit a pig near a farmhouse, killing it instantly.
Stalin told his driver to go up to the farmhouse and explain to the owners what had happened. (1/x)
Stalin and his driver were on their way to Moscow in a car when all of a sudden they hit a pig near a farmhouse, killing it instantly.
Stalin told his driver to go up to the farmhouse and explain to the owners what had happened. (1/x)
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My personal favorite:
Stalin and his driver were on their way to Moscow in a car when all of a sudden they hit a pig near a farmhouse, killing it instantly.
Stalin told his driver to go up to the farmhouse and explain to the owners what had happened. (1/x)
Stalin and his driver were on their way to Moscow in a car when all of a sudden they hit a pig near a farmhouse, killing it instantly.
Stalin told his driver to go up to the farmhouse and explain to the owners what had happened. (1/x)
Those will be new old stock, Rockwell's been out of business for a few years. Good chips though. If a 65C02 will work, new 65C02s are still being produced by Western Design Center. www.jameco.com/z/W65C02S6TP...
W65C02S6TPG-14 Microprocessor Western Design Center | Jameco
Western Design Center W65C02S6TPG-14 Microprocessors - MPU. Products in stock and ready to ship. Quotes, samples and datasheets at Jameco Electronics.
www.jameco.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Those will be new old stock, Rockwell's been out of business for a few years. Good chips though. If a 65C02 will work, new 65C02s are still being produced by Western Design Center. www.jameco.com/z/W65C02S6TP...
I did the same, because he's said before he intends to train his AI on Twitter posts. It took 2-3 hours, which I thought was worth it.
December 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I did the same, because he's said before he intends to train his AI on Twitter posts. It took 2-3 hours, which I thought was worth it.
I'd say there's a good chance it still works! That's based on the Atari 800 architecture and those are very robust, they rarely turn up broken.
December 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I'd say there's a good chance it still works! That's based on the Atari 800 architecture and those are very robust, they rarely turn up broken.
He might be a flat earther but he didn't want to explain to his boss how his stupidity lost them $4,000 worth of business. Nobody chooses to go without hot water for longer, so he thought he had the upper hand. Nope, your unvaxxed ass is wearing a mask or we'll take cold showers for another week.
December 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
He might be a flat earther but he didn't want to explain to his boss how his stupidity lost them $4,000 worth of business. Nobody chooses to go without hot water for longer, so he thought he had the upper hand. Nope, your unvaxxed ass is wearing a mask or we'll take cold showers for another week.
Gen X here. I had a class in elementary school that covered programming in Basic, and learning to use a word processor and a spreadsheet. By the time I was a junior in high school, I was programming in Pascal. The high school computer classes were electives but we had them. I graduated in 1993.
December 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Gen X here. I had a class in elementary school that covered programming in Basic, and learning to use a word processor and a spreadsheet. By the time I was a junior in high school, I was programming in Pascal. The high school computer classes were electives but we had them. I graduated in 1993.
My unpopular take on the crash, particularly the assertion that Europeans didn't feel it, is that the Atari ST was the long term outcome of the crash. If there's no crash, there's no Tramiel buying Atari, and no Atari ST. And Europeans are fond of pointing out the ST was popular there.
December 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
My unpopular take on the crash, particularly the assertion that Europeans didn't feel it, is that the Atari ST was the long term outcome of the crash. If there's no crash, there's no Tramiel buying Atari, and no Atari ST. And Europeans are fond of pointing out the ST was popular there.