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    Quote Originally Posted by Dill the Grey View Post
    Look on the bright side, some people don't have the luxury to work at home and have to hustle for money in the wild urban jungle during a plague.
    Ha, my work won't even shut down if some of us come into work with the virus. We'll just expel the problem people, temporarily stop working, clean the place (oh god, how?), then get back to fucking work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ragnar View Post
    Ha, my work won't even shut down if some of us come into work with the virus. We'll just expel the problem people, temporarily stop working, clean the place (oh god, how?), then get back to fucking work.
    Woof, that's rough buddy. Yeah it seems like most companies are paralyzed with indecision. It's wild, like I work for a pretty large company that is presumably suppose to take health seriously and this was the first week that they decided to authorize working from home.
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    Can you simply switch out a 5.25" floppy drive with a 3.5" floppy drive if the connector fits? I'm trying to make my brother's IBM 5150 a little more accessible. Both drive A and B (5.25) work intermittently.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz View Post
    Can you simply switch out a 5.25" floppy drive with a 3.5" floppy drive if the connector fits? I'm trying to make my brother's IBM 5150 a little more accessible. Both drive A and B (5.25) work intermittently.
    There might be some driver requirements, but I'd assume that was sorted out 30 years ago?
    Glancing at Google images it looks like people have done so: https://vintagecpu.files.wordpress.c...5/dsc04555.jpg
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    I'd think about swapping one of those drives for a usb (or SD) floppy emulator.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ragnar View Post
    There might be some driver requirements, but I'd assume that was sorted out 30 years ago?
    Glancing at Google images it looks like people have done so: https://vintagecpu.files.wordpress.c...5/dsc04555.jpg
    Thats pretty sweet. I wonder if they made a custom faceplate because the original 5.25" drives are an odd height.
    ANd that keyboard is way better than the one we have. More function keys and a full sized return key!

    Quote Originally Posted by deadlegion View Post
    I'd think about swapping one of those drives for a usb (or SD) floppy emulator.
    I said so as well, but it all really comes down to money. My brother won't spend money on anything...
    He did at least buy a 3.5" floppy drive with USB. He's used it to back some of his games when he couldn't find them online easily.
    I was looking into some CF flash to IDE connectors, but I was unsure of the connectors. The ribbon cable has two female 5.25" FDD connectors and while we have an adapter to connect to a 3.5" FDD, we aren't really sure of the replacement drive's functionality. The activity LED works when I try to DIR or FORMAT, but we get a "general drive error" which is that same error if nothing is connected to the cable.

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    Gotek floppy emu usb type is as low as $15usd on ebay, probably even cheaper on aliexpress.

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    I have a couple of 5.25" plastic trays here for fitting the smaller 3.5" floppy. The facia is part of the tray and the 3.5" hole is at bottom middle.
    Dunno if you can still get those new though, and mine are beige not black.

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    I'm honestly sitting here wondering why I haven't lost my job yet... I don't think they want to fire anyone in midst of the virus going around. Sucks that we're working from home now. At least I get to play games in between calls.


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    Just for fun, extract ROM hidden in image using an Android app.

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ium.pictonigma

    Free beer for everyone! --> How to upload files as ROM patches.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ace Ventura View Post
    I'm honestly sitting here wondering why I haven't lost my job yet... I don't think they want to fire anyone in midst of the virus going around. Sucks that we're working from home now. At least I get to play games in between calls.
    Now's the perfect chance to catch up on that backlog.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealSpiders View Post
    Now's the perfect chance to catch up on that backlog.
    Thats what I'm doing. And over here, we're talking 30-year backlog. I've pulled out some games that I left unbeaten since I was a widdle baby boi.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz View Post
    Thats what I'm doing. And over here, we're talking 30-year backlog. I've pulled out some games that I left unbeaten since I was a widdle baby boi.
    First off, are you implying that you're no longer a widdle baby boi?

    Secondly, I, on the other hand, keep fucking buying games to not play them.
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    Come awwwwn payday. So fucking broke....and thirsty!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zaladane View Post
    Come awwwwn payday. So fucking broke....and thirsty!!!
    4 days for me, just gotta stay strong homie.
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