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Early Shorts: THEA500 + real floopies (Patreon)

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2022-08-11 02:16:11

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Find 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/

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Your friend in retro, Perifractic

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💾 Can we use REAL floppy disks with the new A500 Mini?

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