-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/07/2012 02:54 PM, jdow wrote: > On 2012/08/07 12:09, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> >> On 08/07/2012 01:19 PM, jdow wrote: >>> Removing PATA "because I'll never use it" leads to you discovering >>> "never" is often not that far away. (PATA seems to still persist on >>> certain classes of motherboard, I note. IMAO this is a good thing >>> to keep old media readable. I also don't throw away old disks that >>> still spin up and contain data. Well, OK, I'm a packrat. I don't >>> throw ANY disks away. I have been known to convert their platters >>> to ersatz wind chimes, though.) >>> >>> {^_-} >> I have a couple of those. One only does PATA, and the second does >> both PATA and SATA. Then I also have a SATA doc that will work a >> eSATA or USB. I even have a couple of PATA to SATA and SATA to PATA >> converters in my junk box for the few times I need them. >> >> You are not the only packrat when it comes to old disks. I still >> have a couple of 8" floppies yet, as well as some paper tape. I >> think I still have an 8" drive around here somewhere, and a >> controller to hook it to. But I don't know if I still have the >> optical paper tape reader. If I do, I am not sure I have anything to >> interface it to. I do still have DOS program and game disks. I >> should see if they run in dosemu... >> >> What I really should clean out is the old tape backups. I think I >> still have a drive that will read (but not write) them. I am not >> sure there is any usable information on them. Some are even DOS >> backups, as well as some OLD Linux backups. I don't even remember >> the backup program used to make them. >> >> My desktop does use a generic kernel. I could probably get some >> performance if I compiled a kernel for the AMD Phenom processor, but >> it isn't worth it. But that is not the answer for all my hardware. >> Why not build in the drivers you need to boot the system if you have >> to compile your own kernel anyway? >> >> Mikkel > > Boy, ah say, Boy! (Phoo - I do a LOUSY foghorn leghorn imitation. {^_-}) > > I still have some 8" ST-506 CPM disks around. I also have an 8" SASI > disk. (All three may still work if heat has not killed them where they > are currently stored.) I also have at least one 8" double sided floppy, > disks that MAY still work, and of course a controller in the old S-100 > machine. Um, I also have lots of Amiga disks - and Amigas themselves. > Now THAT was a nice little OS for its day once it was tamed and developers > learned how to debug properly. It wrung a whole lot of performance out of > primitive CPUs by today's standards. THAT is SERIOUS packrateism. (I bet > my hypertrophied A-1000 still works, too.) > > {^_-} I still have a working S-100 system with a Z-80 processor, and a 20M hard drive in it. I do not know how I will replace it if it dies - it is a MFM drive. I played with a bunch of S-100 systems, including one that had a Microplis (sp) floppy system and operating system. At one time I had software to convert the Basic tokens in the saved BASIC file to ASCII format, and software that let me read the MDOS disks under CP/M. I also had a lot of S-100 cards that I figured out how to use by dissembling the ROMs on the cards, or tracing circuits. I had more time then money back then. I never played with an Amigas. From what you have said, they sound like fun. I probably played with most of the other "home" computers of the era. I was the guy everybody called for help... Those were the days... Mikkel - -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlAhmZ0ACgkQqbQrVW3JyMQtHQCeLYTy4mP7cbq1FfXhS1cjKMcW IEsAn12t//mpuf+JM7FIvteGd9iQVSpX =8FUd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org