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๐Ÿ’พ A minute of archiving all 77 tracks of an 8'' system diskette for the IskraData 1680 computer (which we don't have yet ๐Ÿ˜‰)

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Sep 30, 2024 at 10:42pmWeb
Show threadloptaSep 30, 2024
@muzej I love that my son started singing a sea shanty to the head-step beat. Are those soft-sector diskettes?
Show threadComputer History Museum ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎOct 2, 2024
@lopta Haha! ๐Ÿšข Yes, soft-sectored.
Show threadWillard GooseyOct 1, 2024

@muzej
Ohh, one of those full height monsters!

Yeah they're something else.

Show threadComputer History Museum ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎOct 2, 2024
@goosey And old enough that the main motor is driven directly by AC.
Show threadWillard GooseyOct 2, 2024

@muzej
Yep!

I've got some like that. They are beasts!

Show threadMatevลพ JekovecOct 1, 2024
@muzej What did you connect the floppy drive to? Is it a standard 34-pin floppy connector or sth else?
Show threadComputer History Museum ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎOct 2, 2024
@matevz It uses a passive adapter - called FDADAP among other names - to convert to 34-pin.