@ajroach42 Hey! I just saw http://ajroach42.com/floppycasts-1-44mb-podcasts/ on HN. So cool
@tomasino @ajroach42
The machine I am on now has both 5.25" and 3.5" floppy disks. Its currently running pop-os. The 5.25" is connected to the floppy controller on the ASRock Z77 Extream6, the 3.5" is a USB floppy drive modified and installed internally.
@ajroach42 @adamd system 76 makes pop! os. It's Ubuntu with a new wm that's focused on good UX. They're getting traction with it
@ajroach42 @adamd I didn't trust pop when I ordered my galago, so I'm running Ubuntu 18.10. I kinda regret it a bit, but I customized the hell out of Gnome anyway so it's moot. I'm glad for more Linux flavors though
@tomasino @ajroach42 I installed KDE Plasma in pop-os and use it.
@adamd @ajroach42 I don't have a machine with a CD drive anymore let alone floppies. Well done
@ajroach42 @adamd @tomasino I've got one of those Backpack drives, but it's a 5.25" floppy.
And my Sony 2x USB FDD is pretty great. Pity those USB drives don't cope with anything but PC disks.
@ajroach42 @adamd @tomasino If you want one, I don't think I have much user for it. I was going to test and put on eBay, but would work something out with you if you could use it.
@ajroach42 @adamd @tomasino I think it's 1.2mb, but I'm not sure.
I have an extra (normal, internal) 360k drive as well, if I can find where I put it. Maybe you can swap it in?
@adamd @tomasino Nice.
I've never heard of pop-os before.
My regular social rig just has a 3.5" USB floppy. Then I've got a windows 98 box with a 3.5" 1.44mb drive and a 5.25" 1.2mb drive, and a dos rig with a 1.2mb drive and (soon, when it finally gets here) a 320k drive.
Those are my only desktops, though. Everything else is laptops and portables (so I have a lot of PCMCIA floppy drives and the like.)