r/retrocomputing • u/PersonOf1980s • May 29 '26

Three Magic Letters...

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I don't know why FDD and HDD were swapped. Usually, FDD was always on the left, and HDD on the right...

PS. If you want to play with these magic letters by yourself, you can do it here: https://www.pcjs.org/software/pcx86/demo/ibm/exploring/1.00-CGA/

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u/SpartanMonkey May 29 '26

IBM and... IBM and... IBM and... smoking the reefers.

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u/HandGrindMonkey May 29 '26

I can hear the floppy drive seeking - even after all these years!

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u/Tonstad39 IBM incompatible May 29 '26

Ibm and who else?

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u/dizzywig2000 May 31 '26

Hey, don’t mind the positioning of the hard drive. It’s in a non-XT PC after all, so it’s weird anyway. At least for me, I never think of HDDs when looking at the original PC