**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 02, 2022, 17:42

Ariel Millennium Thornton

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

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  ✨ Kind 'Net Help Desk fairy by day. ✨
  ✨ Weird & furry Unix fairy by night. ✨
✨ Sometimes a retrocomputer fairy. ✨
  ✨ Pays the ComputerFairi.es bills. ✨
✨ Sparkly✨shellscript✨princess. ✨
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✨ the Intel 4004 & Unix 1st Edition. ✨
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**yuri bot** @yuri_bot@botsin.space · Jul 02, 2022, 17:42

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http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3165287
source: https://twitter.com/kolshicako/status/1008849281678073859

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 02, 2022, 08:12

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**Teryl's Tales of Whim~** @Teryl_Pacieco@mastodon.social · Jul 02, 2022, 08:12

Jul 02, 2022, 08:12

Teryl's Tales of Whim~ @Teryl_Pacieco@mastodon.social

Every evening the cat came, and every evening the poor artist would sketch or paint feverishly in the dimming light.

The cat would be still as a statue, until the artist was done - image completed or not. The incomplete images were always somehow completed by dawn.

The artist eventually sold the collection, then purchased a rare dried fish, feeding it to the cat and breaking the curse.

She cried, relieved to have her wife back.

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #Caturday #Fantasy

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 21, 2022, 14:44

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 21, 2022, 14:44

Apr 21, 2022, 14:44

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

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Apr 09, 2022, 19:56

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**maple "mavica" syrup [6502]** @mavica_again@computerfairi.es · Apr 09, 2022, 19:56

Apr 09, 2022, 19:56

maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

does this count as #screenshotsaturday

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · May 04, 2021, 04:23

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**apt** @apt@cybre.space · May 04, 2021, 04:23

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apt @apt@cybre.space

forgot to post this thing from earlier

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 06, 2022, 18:30

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 06, 2022, 18:30

Apr 06, 2022, 18:30

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

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

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 06, 2022, 16:04

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 06, 2022, 16:04

Apr 06, 2022, 16:04

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Tech & coding reminder:

Do not move fast and break things.

Too much is broken already.

Move purposefully and fix things.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 05, 2022, 15:21

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 05, 2022, 15:21

Apr 05, 2022, 15:21

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

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.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Apr 05, 2022, 15:00

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**Macintosh Themes** @osxthemes@botsin.space · Apr 05, 2022, 15:00

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Macintosh Themes @osxthemes@botsin.space

System Zero + - Brad Matter

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Apr 04, 2022, 23:52

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**maple "mavica" syrup [6502]** @mavica_again@computerfairi.es · Apr 04, 2022, 23:52

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maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

RT @dyke_du_jour@twitter.com

Thank you @selectric401@twitter.com for commissioning me for a CGA portrait, this one was super fun to do!

working past that mental block and working on some dither patterns oh yeah 💪😤

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/dyke_du_jour/status/1511113092456927236

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jun 18, 2020, 07:04

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**mixed berry social anxiety disorder 🍓** @monorail@glaceon.social · Jun 18, 2020, 07:04

Jun 18, 2020, 07:04

mixed berry social anxiety disorder 🍓 @monorail@glaceon.social

Guess where that link goes.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Apr 04, 2022, 15:00

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**Macintosh Themes** @osxthemes@botsin.space · Apr 04, 2022, 15:00

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Finny's Ladder - Finny

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 04, 2022, 15:01

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 04, 2022, 15:01

Apr 04, 2022, 15:01

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

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!

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 04, 2022, 14:50

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 04, 2022, 14:50

Apr 04, 2022, 14:50

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

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.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 04, 2022, 14:39

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 04, 2022, 14:39

Apr 04, 2022, 14:39

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

What I tried so far:
> debug
-> G=C800:5
-> G=C800:800
-> G=C800:CCC
-> G=C800:5
-> G=C800:6

What I haven't tried yet:
> SpeedStor http://minuszerodegrees.net/software/speedstor.htm
> Other debug commands https://jeffpar.github.io/kbarchive/kb/060/Q60089/

There's no HDD attached. I have to figure out what the controller is & supports before sourcing a disk.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Apr 03, 2022, 23:40

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 03, 2022, 23:40

Apr 03, 2022, 23:40

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Anyone who knows rare add-ons for #vintagecomputers, can you point me to the manual for this? It's a Mountain Computer part number 05-04031-02 that came in a HDD-less IBM 5160 (PC-XT) I rescued. I can't tell if it's an MFM, RLL, or ESDI controller or what the jumpers do.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 04, 2022, 12:44

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 04, 2022, 12:44

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 04, 2022, 02:53

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 04, 2022, 02:53

Apr 04, 2022, 02:53

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I have IBM DOS 2.1 for the PC-XT & IBM DOS 3.3 on disks the XT likes, but they don't have a setup program. The disks were installed before being shrink-wrapped.

The only other utilities I have are DEBUG & FDISK. None of the Debug commands worked, & FDisk simply says no HDD.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 04, 2022, 02:36

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 04, 2022, 02:36

Apr 04, 2022, 02:36

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

The Diagnostics disk from the XT's Guide to Operations recognizes that a controller is present & jumpered for a single HDD, but it doesn't say what the controller is or what kind it is.

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