N O S T A L G I A in game form!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4181930/Idle_Defragmenter_95/

#defrag #thegoodolddays #backinmyday

Défragmentation d'un Libretto sous W95 (ASMR disque dur ?)

Ce Toshiba Libretto 70CT avait bien besoin d'une défragmentation ! A défaut de pouvoir faire l'ASMR avec la voix que vous me demandez, je vous propose de l'ASMR "ancien disque dur miniature qui gratte" !

https://video.neliger.com/w/9Vm7VyCPazy2JucXEb1FEQ

#defrag #Libretto #Toshiba #Windows95 #retro #retroTech #vintage #vintageTech #oldTech #PeerTube #retroComputing

Défragmentation d'un Libretto sous W95 (ASMR disque dur ?)

https://video.neliger.com/w/9Vm7VyCPazy2JucXEb1FEQ

You remember how the #MSDOS FAT file system would get fragmented easily and need to #defrag all the time?

I'm vaguely under the impression that #Linux 's implementation of FAT is cleverer at allocating space and will avoid letting files get fragmented in the first place.

That's neat how an old file system can be improved without changing the on-disk format at all, just implementing it better.

This balancing process is overzealous and doesn’t want to complete:

$ sudo btrfs balance status /
Balance on '/' is running
8954 out of about 5010 chunks balanced (35977 considered), -79% left

#btrfs #defrag

MS-DOS Defrag sur Dolch PAC62

https://video.neliger.com/w/x2mXKYEBRZWthsRxUXrebV

A brief history of defragging

#ComputerHistory #Storage #DataStorage #HardDrive #Defragment #Defrag
https://eclecticlight.co/2024/10/05/a-brief-history-of-defragging/

Today it's already 3 weeks since the opening of "The Story Never Ends" exhibition at ZKM Karlsruhe, showcasing around 100 works by 75 artists from the museum's collection of 12,000 artworks, one of the largest and most important media art collections in the world (since the 1950s).

Due to the stress of the recent weeks, I've completely missed posting more pictures of my piece on display there (De/Frag, 2021). It's a custom site-specific version which will keep changing/evolving non-stop for the next 5 months (until the end of the show in late September). The pictures attached are by Clara Runge, the curator of the show. Thank you! 🙏🤩

https://zkm.de/en/2025/04/the-story-that-never-ends

A plea: If you happen to go to ZKM and get to see the piece, please do take & post some pictures — I'm very keen to see snapshots over time (so far I've only had it running for a few weeks, but never for months on end...)

More info about the piece and images also here in this thread:
https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/114245042903764105

#Art #GenerativeArt #AlgorithmicArt #ZKM #Exhibition #Karlsruhe #DeFrag #ThingUmbrella