Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

It's only 64-bit versions of (x86) Windows that don't come with EDLIN installed.

Also, in Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, & 10, you need to install NTVDM separately in order to run EDLIN. Typing the command for the first time brings up a Windows Troubleshooter Wizard to do just that for you.

Every version of MS-DOS came with EDLIN.

Every 16-bit version of Windows let you run EDLIN via the underlying MS-DOS.

Every 32-bit version of Windows from the first RTM of Windows 95 right through to the current version of Windows 10 came with EDLIN.

Trivia: Windows 11 is the first version of any Microsoft operating system for IBM PCs, IBM compatibles, PC compatibles, or PCs shipping without the command line editor EDLIN in any edition.

Why? Because there's no 32-bit x86 edition of Windows 11.

The cutest luggable PC I've seen in a very long time: the Osborne Vixen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Vixen

The genius engineering of the 3.5 inch floppy disk 💾:
https://youtu.be/tJCMzdzh4Tw

@mavica_again Yes. 💜

I don't just have *a* 286, I have *the* 286.

Tech & coding reminder:

Do not move fast and break things.

Too much is broken already.

Move purposefully and fix things.

SpeedStor detected the controller but told me absolutely nothing about it. The other debug commands didn't work. But this one did:

A>debug
-g=c800:6
1701-B

"G=C800:6" printed the POST error code. Matches Scientific Micro Systems, OMTI, & Adaptec?

I still don't have any idea what basic kind of HDD to pair this mystery controller up with. #vintagecomputers & #vintagecomputing folks, any help is appreciated.

@cr1901 Double-density 3.5-inch floppy disks. They differ physically from MF2HD floppies in that they don't have a notch opposite the write-protect notch.

I still want someone to make USB floppy drives that can read & write MF2DD floppies reliably AND USB floppy drives that can read & write DSDD & DSHD floppies in all the most common formats.

I still want someone to make new 3-1/2 (90mm) AND 5-1/4 (135mm) floppies, too!

Windows 10 is an incompatible clone of VMS that thinks it's an incompatible clone of CP/M.

Context: Surprise that Windows 10 reads & writes MF2HD floppy disks with a (relatively) cheap USB floppy drive.