Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

@softgoat Broken for me as well. I guess we have to wait for a new version. (2018.05.09 is the latest in my repo.)

After so much Star Trek, Star Wars, Babylon 5, Buck Rogers, & who remembers what else, when I think of starships, I still think of these real-world proposals shown in Carl Sagan's Cosmos.

@tahajin I'd protest that I'm not into droning, but I have SomaFM's Drone Zone playing in the office.

Okay, I think I just found the kind of pajamas I want for xmas. Does anyone know who sells these? https://www.deviantart.com/blackshirtboy/art/Easter-kigu-599268194

You're all good people, no matter what you think of yourselves.

@maple don't be. you're good.

I read your hurt & sadness, but I never know what to say because so often I can't read it until an eternity has passed after you write it. I feel like showing any acknowledgment without saying anything meaningful will be like poking an open wound.

I'll probably never meet you, but I still care about you. Your pain is valid. Choosing to share it is an act of bravery.

My silence is my failing, not yours.

@maple

@maple yes, just slow on the pick-up.

Be sure to follow my sound cloud!

No, really. It's a cloud, it's making weird tooting sounds, and it's kind of creeping me out. Follow it and find out what it wants from me.

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Perfect!
Wait, that's not right.
We can count!

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for Workgroups
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Millennium Edition

Perf--!
Wait, that's still not right.
Let's start counting again!

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Nailed it!
Yay!

I may have underestimated the pre-stretch circumference. I found someone who sells Matsushita FDD belts, giving the circumference as 18 cm, & for about $12 all told. Not bad if it's right, & I'll find out in just a few days.

But if that's right, then the 25 year old belt stretched out another 5 cm in the drive. That's a fantastic amount, but since I pulled them out so easily that they almost fell out on their own, it's also plausible.

@maple 💝

@porsupah Replacing the RF modulator? Yeah, some folks refined the composite mod to be pretty reliable, and some are selling assembled drop-ins that can fit into the RF box. (I'd like to keep the RF if I can, so yep, troubleshooting that is next.)

@porsupah There's a UK auction site called SellMyRetro, and one of the sellers there makes and sells replacement keyboards. They're UK-specific, but the only thing Timex did different in the US version was some wording on top.