What does your RISC OS setup look like?

I still have a few 5.25" hard sectored floppy discs!

For a while the place I used to work had AES word processors that ran off twin 8-inch hard-sectored floppies. That’s at about the same time we were using Commodore Pets for running test equipment, thanks to the IEEE (or HP-IB) interface built in. Later one of the engineers designed an interface for BBC Micros to IEEE and we switched to using them.

I’ve certainly got the floppy box they lived in

So have I – very useful for storing 7inch vinyl.

I could talk (discretely) with one of the guys in Pharmacy

Should that not be Surgery?

Or am I seriously underendowed? (rhetorical!)

5¼" seems good.

I remember them!

I could talk (discretely) with one of the guys in Pharmacy to find out your options :)

Thank you Steve, I was wondering how long that would take. :)

Should that not be Surgery?

Don’t be silly, the correct answer is to have a word with the secretarial pool to borrow a ruler.
[and don’t waste time trying to be discreet, a group of women and a problem like that? they’ll all be giggling before the victim has left the room]

5¼" seems good.

Hmm, mine are mostly 3½…
That’s very far from 8, isn’t it?
They are quite a bit stiffer though. Can withstand much rougher handling.

They are quite a bit stiffer though. Can withstand much rougher handling.

I must resist the temptation, I must resist = fail…

So, that’s the result of a multiple consumer test then?

Well, if there’s a slot and it fits, it might just work.

In reality it’s a lot more complicated. But it’s the weekend. Let’s not overthink this.

This is my set-up, a mix of new and nostalgia bits :)

https://paolozaino.wordpress.com/2020/04/18/risc-os-the-risc-station-and-the-acorn-tower/

Cheers!

Here’s what’s running RO right now. https://imgur.com/symD0zo
Earlier in the say it was my Pi 3.

Here’s a poorly done photo of where it is. There are actually two sliding keyboard drawers. The ones for the RO machine are below.
https://imgur.com/81nERZX
It’s a cobbled together standing desk setup crammed into a small corner.