N-gated Hacker NewsJun 14
🚀 Behold, the pinnacle of retro coding nostalgia: an open-source Oberon IDE that screams "I'm stuck in 1985!" 😆 GitHub's latest museum exhibit promises to teleport you back to the days when your biggest worry was running out of floppy disks. 📼✨
https://github.com/kekcleader/FreeOberon #retroCoding #openSource #OberonIDE #GitHub #nostalgia #floppyDisks #HackerNews #ngated
GitHub - kekcleader/FreeOberon: Cross-platform IDE for development in Oberon programming language made in the classical FreePascal-like pseudo-graphic style.

Cross-platform IDE for development in Oberon programming language made in the classical FreePascal-like pseudo-graphic style. - kekcleader/FreeOberon

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Boris KretzingerJun 6

On this day in 1972, the patent for the floppy disk was granted. So happy floppy disk day, again, kind of 🥳😎

#floppydisk #floppydisks #diskette #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #computinghistory

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/the-floppy-disk-patent-was-granted-today-in-1972-when-80kb-took-up-8-inches-and-were-really-floppy

root42Jun 2
One has 40GB capacity, the other 0,00144GB capacity. Both attach to my iMac. Guess which is my favorite?
#floppydisks #bluray
root42Jun 1
Do you want to see how a vintage Commodore 4040 disk drive gets refurbished? I got you covered:
https://youtu.be/CPUYzPUANHU
#commodore #floppydisks #retrocomputing
Commodore 4040 Disk Drive Refurb

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Wossen Wyatt 🇬🇾🐧💿💾May 30

https://spectrum.ieee.org/floppy-disk-data-preservation-archives

#retrocomputing #computerhistory #floppydisks #diskettes

How a Cambridge Project Rescues Fading Floppy Disk Data

Knowledge about the medium is as valuable as the content on the disk

IEEE Spectrum
Hacker NewsMay 30

What It Takes to Preserve Floppy Disks

https://spectrum.ieee.org/floppy-disk-data-preservation-archives

#HackerNews #floppydisks #dat #preservation #technology #archives #nostalgia

How a Cambridge Project Rescues Fading Floppy Disk Data

Knowledge about the medium is as valuable as the content on the disk

IEEE Spectrum
Show threadRyan RandallMay 26

@stefan And as @ashley pointed out elsewhere, the sweater / jumper was designed & knit by Dr. Talboom herself!

Here's her write-up about it and similar garments:
https://digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/knitting-through-digital-decay-a-collection-of-digital-preservation-jumpers-no-one-asked-for-but-478c48009521

#FloppyDisks #VintageTech #knitting

Knitting Through Digital Decay: A Collection of Digital Preservation Jumpers No One Asked For (But…

I’ve been truly overwhelmed by the interest in my Digital Preservation knitting patterns — thank you to everyone who has reached out…

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Stefan BohacekMay 26

Agreed with @ryanrandall (h/t), that's a great sweater!

https://spectrum.ieee.org/floppy-disk-data-preservation-archives

#floppies #FloppyDisks #VintageTech

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬May 25

Relive the #PC #magazine cover disk era with 758-strong #InternetArchive.org #CDROM collection — 1.2TB treasure trove also includes #FloppyDisks from as early as 1993
A search uncovered over 1,500 #PCGamer software archives, thanks to a trove of floppy disk offerings from yesteryear. The total collection spans 1.2TB of material, according to the site.
Many of the #magazines are available to read, too
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/relive-the-pc-magazine-cover-disk-era-with-758-strong-archive-org-cd-rom-collection-1-2tb-treasure-trove-also-includes-floppy-disks-from-as-early-as-1993

Wow that takes me back!

Relive the PC magazine cover disk era with 758-strong archive.org CD-ROM collection — 1.2TB treasure trove also includes Floppy Disks from as early as 1993

Many of the magazines are available to read, too.

Tom's Hardware
Boris KretzingerMay 25

Happy 5,25" floppy disk day to those who celebrate! 🥳 May your drivehead be reliable, your disks well stored and your supply of new old stock ones never run dry. Cheers! 🙌

#floppydisk #floppydisks #floppy #diskette #disketten #525FloppyDay #retrocomputing #rerrogaming #vintagecomputing #commodore #atari #dos