@gloriouscow.bsky.social

Developer of MartyPC - a cycle-accurate IBM PC/XT Emulator https://github.com/dbalsom/martypc and fluxfox - a PC floppy disk image library https://github.com/dbalsom/fluxfox Retro enthusiast and shameless computer geek

Not your usual floppy disks! These are 2.88MB and were found in a thrift store a few years ago. Finally got access to a machine with a drive to format and check them. Notice the hole in a different spot than usual!

Photo of a 2.88 megabyte ED 3.5 inch floppy disk leaning against an IBM ThinkPad laptop screenPhoto of a 2.88 megabyte ED 3.5 inch floppy disk leaning against an IBM ThinkPad laptop screen.  On the screen is a command prompt interface showing another disk being formatted.

I just randomly spotted this Preston Blair swipe of Jerry Mouse on the title screen of Viper for the Apple II. For once, it isn't Spike Bulldog.

Title screen for Apple II game Viper. A snake rears up, ready to strike a surprisingly serene mouse. The mouse looks like it was copied from a Preston Blair model sheet of Jerry Mouse from Tom and Jerry.A page from Preston Blair's book Advanced Animation. It shows how characters are constructed from a rough skeleton. Several poses of Tom and Jerry are shown at different stages of construction.

I had NO IDEA that ffmpeg could encode RoQ files. My mind is blown. It also does a great job at it! (for context I designed the RoQ format for the 1994 game "The 11th Hour" and it's named after my daughter Roque).