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Old 09-19-2016, 08:31 PM  
DukeSkywalker
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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!
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(For you youngins' - 5.25" Flopies were THE TITS when it came to reading and writing programs and files. THE TITS I Say!
I had one. They suck.
Edit: i had the one with no monitor. You must have grown up relatively wealthy. The ones with the built on monitor werent cheap.
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