Just worked on some vintage PCs I picked up last December and found an interesting disc drive in one of them that I mistook for a regular CD/DVD player. It turned out to be a Phase-change Dual (PD) drive! Never heard of it before but it's fascinating.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-change_Dual

Not sure if the drive works yet. I need to sort out a new hard drive, windows installation, etc.

But when I do... it's going to be fun finding out!

#vintagePCs #technologyhistory #retrocomputing

Beneath fluorescent light
Are Brian's computing sights
From Apple to Commodore
And diverse Ataris too
A vintage PC den, an exciting delight

#vintagepcs #pcden #retrocomputing #poetry

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/03/apple-atari-and-commodore-oh-my-explore-a-deluxe-home-vintage-computer-den/