Early Shorts: THEA500 + real floopies
Added 2022-08-11 02:16:11 +0000 UTCFind out how I got real floppy disks working on THEA500 Mini thanks to a special folder.
What’s in that special folder? Literally nothing but a 0 bytes WHDLoad file that the machine looks for to allow the disk to mount. By making it 0 bytes it allows space for a .ADF file on a 1.44 MB disk. Simples! 🤫
In all seriousness if anyone can test this before it goes public Saturday it would be a great precaution for me. You don’t have to do the paint and sticker 😉 But maybe you already have the USB floppy drive, perhaps from my previous THEC64 vids…
Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/At0c0ggB_6o
The accompanying webpage is now live at: https://www.perifractic.com/takeout-shop/thea500-floppy-support/
Thank you for your ongoing support! 👍🕹️
Your friend in retro, Perifractic
Comments
Sure have! He’s sending me one of the first copies when it’s ready.
Perifractic's Retro Recipes
2022-08-13 16:38:49 +0000 UTCGlorious!
Howie Foley
2022-08-13 16:20:08 +0000 UTCPeri, have you seen this? :o https://hackaday.com/2022/07/28/new-os-for-commodore-64-adds-modern-features/
Wave Mechanic
2022-08-12 16:28:32 +0000 UTC
