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1. AmigaLove (amigalove@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 05:15:55 JST AmigaLove

   One of my favorite pieces of hardware - ever.

   #cmd #commodore #c64 #c128 #retrocomputing #90s #vintage

   • Walter (wap42@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 05:39:55 JST Walter

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     @amigalove
     You mean the modified DeLorean DMC-12, right? 😁

   • Didier Malenfant :analogue: (didier@malenfant.net)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 00:47:53 JST Didier Malenfant :analogue:

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     • mnemonicoverload

     @mnemonicoverload @amigalove way cheaper media for those of us who had…umm….a lot to store back in the days 😈

   • mnemonicoverload (mnemonicoverload@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 00:47:54 JST mnemonicoverload

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     • Didier Malenfant :analogue:
     @amigalove @didier Those were fun. HD drive mechanisms set into "quad density" 300 RPM mode so they could be formatted to the same capacity as DD 3.5" disks (and work within the data rate limitations of the Amiga's floppy controller).
   • Didier Malenfant :analogue: (didier@malenfant.net)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 00:48:04 JST Didier Malenfant :analogue:

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     @amigalove I seem to remember we had the inverse device on :amiga: to use 80 tracks 5 1/4 floppies…

   • mnemonicoverload (mnemonicoverload@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 00:48:19 JST mnemonicoverload

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     • Didier Malenfant :analogue:
     • mnemonicoverload
     @amigalove @didier Definitely. I was a relative late-comer to 3.5" disks getting my first Amiga in 1989 and even at that point a 10-pack was ~$30CAD at the time, over $60 in today's dollars! It seems like a minor point now but it really can't be overstated how much more affordable 5.25" blanks were at least up until about the mid-90s.