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Comment Re:Greaseweazle (Score 1) 55

Same, I have a Greaseweazel and an Amiga with the catweasle interface, I can read more or less any floppy disk to my Amiga and most others to the PC with that setup. I recently recovered some photos from an Amiga/Catweasle 2.3mb formatted disks. It only took me an hour or so to set it all up. I often wondered why these folks never think to reach out to the classic computer enthusiasts who basically do this stuff for fun.

Comment Re:Whatever (Score 1) 57

I just bought a Dell Latitude 7455, Snapdragon CPU, Adreno GPU and it's on Windows 11, I have found it to be extremely good for all my needs, I do coding mostly but some light gaming, video playback and browsing too, Somehow it can run World Of Warcraft at an acceptable frame rate! I have Steam on here but not tried any games yet, Now my Alienware M18 is faster by every possible measure, Possibly significantly faster in some, however one doesn't always need all that power and it comes at the cost of a massive heavy "laptop".

Comment Re:It's a shame (Score 2) 81

I have been a couple of times, A total of 3 weeks there in Moscow and St Petersburg. It's an interesting place to visit but you will get a similar experience visiting other eastern European countries without the hassle. I found the Russian people to be fine with a somewhat dark sense of humour. The food is ok, A good number of the people I encountered spoke some English. I was quite comfortable there. I wouldn't visit now though and would instead save my money and visit Ukraine when the war has ended, Spend my holiday cash there.

Comment We had something similar in the UK (Score 5, Informative) 186

Our plates used to be 3 letters 3 numbers and a letter that told the year. Then we switched to year letter 3 numbers and 3 letters. We changed again later to 2 letters 2 numbers 3 letters. Our plates are mostly fixed for the life of the vehicle, When registered it gets a plate that stays with it unless you spend money to change it, There are rules about what is allowed.

Comment Re:Good stuff (Score 5, Informative) 22

Fun yes, Coding in C and C++ mostly which is why I have an 060 and plenty of ram, Also games, I have quite a lot of them and they all still work just fine. Sometimes a demo or two. I also have all the usual office software if needed. I like to try and draw on deluxe paint :) Almost any mid 90's computer can do all this and I find them more fun to use.

Comment Good stuff (Score 4, Interesting) 22

I have the 3.2.2 roms in my 1200 already, While I should be eligible for this upgrade for free it turns out I threw out my serial number, So I will just buy it again a bit later on, Look forward to seeing the improvements. It's so nice to use an OS that is entirely in my control, Nothing forced and everything stays exactly how I left it. I find myself spending more and more time on a 30 year old computer than my modern ones...

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