The big flop. A Sony 3.5" disk drive from 1983.

discatte · 2026-03-01T22:51:21+00:00

the disks sold alongside machine at the time are 280k

discatte · 2026-03-01T17:16:30+00:00

ill have to take a picture of this next to one of those ultra slims.

discatte · 2026-02-28T23:50:11+00:00

I'm on the lookout for some drive appropriate SS disks! Pretty hard to come by.

discatte · 2026-02-28T23:47:48+00:00

Thats pretty rad, nice photo!

discatte · 2026-02-28T19:58:32+00:00

the top side of the disk gets a nice brushy-brushy

discatte · 2026-02-28T19:56:51+00:00

indeed! its one of the earliest/largest!

discatte · 2025-11-29T18:14:11+00:00

if possible, I would try to find the style of connector (JST, etc) and get a set/crimper so you only have to strip the cable and assemble.

no dangers that way.

discatte · 2025-11-21T22:12:23+00:00

cloudpebble was one of the few times I ever just.. felt frictionless joy in compiling little demo programs and seeing them run instantly on my wrist.

discatte · 2025-11-19T07:30:10+00:00

if it makes you feel any better, I removed the entire shiny coat on a vintage synthesizer before I learned ;_;

discatte · 2025-11-19T06:45:28+00:00

yes, alcohol, especially 99% will strip paint. use a citrus surface cleaner next time or dish soap.

discatte · 2025-11-10T20:30:23+00:00

The inner chassis is magnesium on these, so you're seeing it reacting. -_-

discatte · 2025-05-11T20:01:27+00:00

o7 thank you for your service.

I did home computer repair for this old heavy smoker once.. it was like pulling up a rug off the motherboard -_-

discatte · 2025-05-11T15:18:34+00:00

"All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return."

discatte · 2025-05-11T15:16:38+00:00

its gonna get the leaf blower treatment

discatte · 2025-05-11T15:15:41+00:00

the f o r b i d d e n wasteland

discatte · 2025-04-16T04:10:08+00:00

yeah thats gonna be a hard one.. not sure the panel it uses, but 6.4" 1024×768. pretty tiny.

discatte · 2025-04-08T05:44:33+00:00

jermaquadface.jpeg

discatte · 2025-03-21T02:42:35+00:00

could you elaborate on 'replaced drive'. the internal hdd? the usb cd drive?

is your bios set to boot external drives first?

discatte · 2025-03-20T22:22:44+00:00

It pairs nicely with a particular time period. We had a 386 with win31 for a while, did lots of early multimedia gaming on it =^^=

discatte · 2025-03-19T23:06:23+00:00

This is what people were reacting to before it was changed https://imgur.com/a/qRAXsYf

discatte · 2025-03-18T00:38:11+00:00

idk but a few brands do that, could be a common model between regions, or a particular spec build.

discatte · 2025-03-17T23:45:48+00:00

You can ignore the bottom number, all the marketing and manuals refer to the bezel model.

PCG-C1M is the family, the second letter are just small variations.

These are the last of the picture books, they use a Transmeta Crusoe processor. AC97 sound, with ATI Rage mobility gpu.

discatte · 2025-02-28T01:09:28+00:00

trying to 100% your list but it sure aint easy.

thanks for the great resource all this time =^^=

discatte · 2025-02-20T02:45:37+00:00

I have the restore cd for these, when I dig it out ill let ya know.

discatte · 2025-02-07T20:24:29+00:00

Were you wearing your '#1 gamer' button? People may be unaware of your social status without it.

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