Amiga 4000 Red Death: When a “Simple Audio Fix” Turns Into a Full Rescue
#Amiga #Amiga4000 #RetroComputing #CommodoreAmiga #ElectronicsRepair #Recapping #FloppyDrive #HardwareRestoration
https://theoasisbbs.com/amiga-4000-red-death-when-a-simple-audio-fix-turns-into-a-full-rescue/?fsp_sid=2307
#floppydrive
The addition of more drives definitely has a linear-ish scaling in bandwidth. With three disks, the software RAID of floppy disks is up to a whopping 1.09kBps!
The command I used looks like:
diskutil appleraid create stripe FLOPPYRAID ‘MS-DOS FAT12’ disk8 disk5 disk4
The command to list all known software RAIDs is:
diskutil appleraid list
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Apple’s graphical Disk Utility app is becoming increasingly useless to me. They are probably isolating the functions to make it easier for the common user to fix issues on their systems without accidentally breaking something.
I figured out the terminal command needed to create a software RAID from two or more floppy disks. The issue I was having was due to the filesystem name. The manpages are somewhat unclear on how to specify it.
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I'm working on a 3D printed Commodore 1541-II case, time for the lid. Eventually found that printing this model upright got me the best result. The print's fine except a fracture on the right side, it was there even when the thing was on the printer bed. I guess the nicely modelled vents cause a structural issue right there. I'm not too worried, I'll get some clear UV resin and reinforce it from the inside. When the lid is in place, there'll be zero stress on that part. #commodore #commodore1541 #3dprinting #floppydrive
Amiga 1200 Recap: Dr. Chris Saves a PAL Board from Texas
#Amiga #Amiga1200 #RetroComputing #Commodore #VintageComputing #Recapping #HardwareRepair #ElectronicsRepair #FloppyDrive #PAL
https://theoasisbbs.com/amiga-1200-recap-dr-chris-saves-a-pal-board-from-texas/?fsp_sid=1574
Amiga tower rebuild: Ms Mad Lemon fixes the last gremlins
#Amiga #Amiga1200 #AmigaTower #CommodoreAmiga #RetroComputing #FloppyDrive #Gotek #IDE #PCMCIA #CompactFlash #IndivisionAGA #CRTMonitor #Aminet #AmigaMods #VintageComputing
https://theoasisbbs.com/amiga-tower-rebuild-ms-mad-lemon-fixes-the-last-gremlins/?fsp_sid=1407
Commodore 1541 Alps Swap Revives a “Dead” Drive
#Commodore64 #Commodore1541 #DiskDriveRepair #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #FloppyDrive #HardwareHack #PCBDesign #3DPrinting #AppleUniDisk #RetroBits #VCFSwapMeet
https://theoasisbbs.com/commodore-1541-alps-swap-revives-a-dead-drive/?fsp_sid=1302
"Dialed" into the Mac Studio wirelessly across the room for some IRCing on old hardware, here as the snow falls. ❄️
I had to modify the plist and shell config scripts I'd setup on the Mac since "upgrading" to macOS 26 Tahoe to get this working without gripes in the terminal.
#Mac #macOS #terminal #serialterminal #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #computinginthesnow #AppleII #AppleIIe #MacStudio #ProTerm #BBSing #IRCing #BBS #IRC #WiFi232 #login #telnet #WiFimodem #computers #CRT #floppydrive #ByteCellar #BASH #photo #UNIX
Hmmmmm....I might need to turn these shenanigans up to 11...
It does seem formatting the two disks as a RAID0 volume allows for slightly higher write speeds. Now the volume can achieve about 700Bps, which is up from 500Bps for a single disk!
Completely unnecessary Floppy disk RAID shenanigans. I had to try it after Sean from Action Retro did this with over a dozen drives.
It would seem that the APFS filesystem doesn't work with such a small volume, but FAT does!
Floppy Head Cleaning: bwack Tries to Save a Dusty Disk Drive
#Commodore64 #C64 #FloppyDrive #RetroComputing #DiskDrive #C64Repair #VintageComputers #KungFuFlash #C64Ultimate #RetroTech
https://theoasisbbs.com/floppy-head-cleaning-bwack-tries-to-save-a-dusty-disk-drive/?fsp_sid=691
It’s a new Commodore 1541 drive that came to me with the diagnosis „bad read head“.
#commodore #c1541 #floppydrive
New video: Commodore 4040 Disk Drive Repair
We have another Commodore IEEE-488 dual disk drive. It is the predecessor of the 8050 and it is almost compatible with the 1541, the C64's disk drive. This specimen doesn't work, its drives look quite mangled. So let's fix it! But it is never that easy...
Working on the CBM 4040... The first replacement drive has been cleaned, and the bearings have been lubricated as far as I can reach them.
#commodore #cbm4040 #commodorePET #floppydrive
RGB2HDMI Amiga 600: A600 Goes HDMI Anywhere
#Amiga600 #RGB2HDMI #DeniseChip #RaspberryPi #HDMI #AmigaMods #RetroHardware #ClassicComputing #Zipstick #FloppyDrive
https://theoasisbbs.com/rgb2hdmi-amiga-600-a600-goes-hdmi-anywhere/?feed_id=7117&_unique_id=6942ba17ad9e0
SFD 1001 Floppy Drive Repair Success
#Commodore #SFD1001 #FloppyDrive #RetroComputing #Root42
https://theoasisbbs.com/sfd-1001-floppy-drive-repair-success/?feed_id=6820&_unique_id=692efd19ceb14
#retroComputing:
Is there anything I should do before charging, turning on, and trying install a new operating system a laptop that's been sitting for ten years?
I visibly checked the battery; it looks fine, but it had been attached the entire time.
Also, with #Linux, is there anything I would need to operate the #floppyDrive? Do some distros work better than others for that?
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