I am so freakin' impressed with retro technology. check this out
This is a TRS-80 Model 4 that I've had forever. It had stopped working and I kind of gave up on it and tonight, I decided to dig it out and see if it worked. It didn't, but I found a lose wire inside, soldered it back, and Holy shit, it worked!
Not only that, but I was able to boot old versions of DOS (TRS-DOS, MS-DOS, etc) from 5.25" floppy diskettes too!
And not only that, but, I was able to load an old game called Cosmic Fighter, from a freaking Cassette!! Both the cassette and the cassette player are over 35 years old, and they both still work!
(For you youngins' - 5.25" Flopies were THE TITS when it came to reading and writing programs and files. THE TITS I Say!