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Wissen auf Diskette: PC Flugzeug V1.5... eine definitiv etwas seltsame Edutainment Software für MS-DOS aus dem Jahre 1992. Fragt mich nicht. Ich archivier' den Kram nur! Viel Spaß! 😜

https://archive.org/details/pc_flugzeug_v1.5

#MSDOS #DOS #90er #90s #Diskette #FloppyDisk #Edutainment #Flugzeug #Airplane #Retro

Gen Zers were handed a floppy disk. Their bafflement over how to use it is wild to see.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/gen-zers-were-handed-a-floppy-disk-their-bafflement-over-how-to-use-it-is-wild-to-see/

Today, PC DOS 7 was the first time I personally encountered floppy disks in the 1.840K XDF format. For a moment, I was really confused and couldn't handle these disks at all. They appeared broken or unreadable, no matter what I tried! Luckily, after a little tinkering, I finally managed to make it work... and beautifully!

(HxCFloppyEmulator for the win! 😎 )

#FloppyDisk #KryoFlux #IBM #XDF #IBMPC #PCDOS #DOS #Diskette #90s #Preservation #Retro #IT #EDV #Tinkering #Computer

Today, PC DOS 7 was the first time I personally encountered floppy disks in the 1.840K XDF format. For a moment, I was really confused and couldn't handle these disks at all. They appeared broken or unreadable, no matter what I tried! Luckily, after a little tinkering, I finally managed to make it work... and beautifully!

(HxCFloppyEmulator for the win! 😎 )

#FloppyDisk #KryoFlux #IBM #XDF #IBMPC #PCDOS #DOS #Diskette #90s #Preservation #Retro #IT #EDV #Tinkering #Computer

Today, PC DOS 7 was the first time I personally encountered floppy disks in the 1.840K XDF format. For a moment, I was really confused and couldn't handle these disks at all. They appeared broken or unreadable, no matter what I tried! Luckily, after a little tinkering, I finally managed to make it work... and beautifully!

(HxCFloppyEmulator for the win! 😎 )

#FloppyDisk #KryoFlux #IBM #XDF #IBMPC #PCDOS #DOS #Diskette #90s #Preservation #Retro #IT #EDV #Tinkering #Computer

Today, PC DOS 7 was the first time I personally encountered floppy disks in the 1.840K XDF format. For a moment, I was really confused and couldn't handle these disks at all. They appeared broken or unreadable, no matter what I tried! Luckily, after a little tinkering, I finally managed to make it work... and beautifully!

(HxCFloppyEmulator for the win! 😎 )

#FloppyDisk #KryoFlux #IBM #XDF #IBMPC #PCDOS #DOS #Diskette #90s #Preservation #Retro #IT #EDV #Tinkering #Computer

Multi-Floppy Commander Turbo Brings Dual-Drive File Management to the Commodore 64
#Commodore64 #C64 #RetroComputing #Chicken64 #FloppyDisk #MagicDesk #C64Software #8BitComputing
https://theoasisbbs.com/multi-floppy-commander-turbo-brings-dual-drive-file-management-to-the-commodore-64/?fsp_sid=10806

It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/07/its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/

It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/07/its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/

It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/07/its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/

It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/07/its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/

It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/07/its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/

Doing a bit of spring cleaning in the "Wing Commander" retro folder. So many different versions and formats, for MS-DOS alone!

Digitoxin shares his collection:
https://archive.org/details/20230313

Game Preservation is important! :computerfairies:

#WingCommander #RetroCollection #Preservation #Diskette #FloppyDisk #Collection #Retro #RetroGaming #90s #SpaceSim #DOS #MSDOS #DOSGaming #StopKillingGames

A 386 at 25MHz and 4MB RAM is the perfect system for playing the original Wing Commander. The game was super sensitive to the CPU speed and often ran way too fast on modern CPUs... like a 486DX! 😂

#RetroGaming #DOSGaming #PCGaming #Gaming #Retro #WingCommander #Oldschool #Emulation #86Box #IBMPC #90s #90er #DOS #FloppyDisk #Diskette

🦖 Cambridge University launches a full-scale rescue mission for floppy disks, because nothing screams "cutting-edge research" like 40-year-old technology. 📼 With a grant that just screams "urgent priority", the project aims to save us from the impending doom of forgotten floppy knowledge, one deteriorating disk at a time. 😂
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/floppy-disk-funding #CambridgeUniversity #floppyDisk #rescueMission #retroTech #digitalPreservation #cuttingEdgeResearch #HackerNews #ngated

The recent issue of Digital Talk 64 (#DT64), the last #DiskMag for #C64 that comes on 5.25 inch #FloppyDisk, is available now as a #DiskImage (.D64) download:

https://github.com/Digital-Talk/issues/raw/main/DigitalTalk115.zip

It contains news from the scene, interviews, softwre tests, tips & hints and essays from @toroe and me. (I contributed a text about #HomeComputer photos from the #80s.)