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Adults? In charge of a country?

09.06.2025 13:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Internals of the floppy after modifications.

Rear of the floppy after modifications. 12 VDC barrel jack, USB-B and a toggle switch for programming the internal microcontroller.

Anyway… I don’t usually like to modify old hardware, but this is being Greaseweazlefied!

07.06.2025 20:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ozalid (trade mark) - Wikipedia

A search for “ozalid” takes me to a Wikipedia page about some form of printing process? Maybe it’s for an ancient printing platform? 🤷🏻‍♂️

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozalid_...

07.06.2025 20:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

5.25" floppydrive in an external enclosure.

Rear of said floppy. A DB25 data connector and a DIN power input.

Internals.

Underside of the internal floppy drive. Text on the motor: "Astro Ext-310LT", "for Ozalid/LTP", "Serial Number:89-1100", "Astro Systems, Inc.", "Santa Clara, Calif.", "Made in USA".

Weird old external floppy drive. I have no idea what system it belongs to, but at least I know I don’t have that system in my possession.

07.06.2025 20:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Left Xitter for Threads, and left Threads for Bluesky

07.06.2025 20:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0