Code monkey with a soldering iron. Building hardware/software for preserving our digital past. Patreon: https://xitter.cf/t.co/8NeWoa4Q9S Ko-fi: https://xitter.cf/t.co/KzUc1n5X13
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There has been lots of buzz about the Nabu PC from Canada. I never heard of it before, so wasn't particularly interested. Then I saw chatter about being able to image the disks, but they couldn't be written back to disk. Being a masochist, this suddenly became very interesting.
Well, we now know what it takes to makes real working Nabu PC disks. But it also leads us to a few problems. There are no current sector-based disk image formats that can properly contain these disks as none of them can deal with the special sequence.
Assembly and testing has been completed for this small batch of Applesauce units! If you are on the wait list, expect an email in the next day or two. Unfortunately I don’t have enough for everyone waiting.
I’ve secured the parts for a very small Applesauce run. There are a few more available slots on the wait list. Use the order form at applesaucefdc.com to get on the list. No payment needed until ship time in 2-3 weeks.
Have an Applesauce and want to add some bling to it? I have designed some Deluxe Case Panels that are just the ticket! Now available at applesaucefdc.com/order/ for $15.
I'm not a big social media guy (thanks social anxiety), but lots of people that I like to hear from are shifting over to Mastodon. I have set up a presence at oldbytes.space/@diskblitz. Feel free to hit me up over there.
LisaOS had built in copy protection. It wrote your computer serial number onto installer disks when loading software, which prevents it from installing on other computers. Preserving disks is pointless if you can't use them. Applesauce can now easily de-serialize these disks.
