* Posts by UselessEustace

2 publicly visible posts • joined 19 Jul 2024

Where the computer industry went wrong – the early hits

UselessEustace

Re: Good Old C64

I remember reading that the drive was slow because they pushed it out the door before it could be optimised; they had decided that reliable data transfer trumped speed.The Action Replay Cartridge did wonders for the 1541 when it came to loading and saving data. There was also Dolphin DOS but I couldn't afford that. I remember taking the 1541 apart to fix the dreaded 'woodpecker' effect where the drive head would hammer repeatedly against the end stop; you replaced the stop with a small strip of flexible metal like the reed of a mouth organ. We ended up with 2 drives, one 8 and one 9.

Angry admins share the CrowdStrike outage experience

UselessEustace

Ms Fnd in a Lbry

It's not as if we weren't warned:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Fnd_in_a_Lbry

Hal Draper 1961