Ok, I managed to write before 11pm, that’s a win. Like, an hour before 11pm. Yes I’m not posting this said hour before, but I wanted to get other stuff in order. I think I just needed a mood lifter to be able to get through today, and boy, that got delivered. Literally, I walked to Sainsbury’s at midday and picked up said package, for a BRAND NEW PROJECT. And this one I don’t even have to be cryptic about on pain of bad things happening! No really, I am not being cute about Project4, there is a reason I can’t be open about that. This one though feeds into a longstanding desire to have a PC specifically for all the old point and click games I adore so much. I wanted to have in effect a SCUMMVM machine, and I assumed from the start probably using one of my many Raspberry Pis – bought before the shortage, I’m not a hoarder. Also none are 4s, but a 3B+ will do for this.
So I have wanted to make this for a long time, but never quite found the right vessel. I have a lovely Pi-Top that I tried using, but that lends itself more as a writing machine or a digital display, which is cool and all but not what I’m going for – though I do really need to set that up as my calendar, which is my current plan for it. What I kinda wanted to do was either put Windows 98 on a Pi, which would need to be a 4 as I put it on a 3B and let me tell you, I didn’t need to open PowerPoint to see a slideshow, or to theme Debian/Raspbian in Windows 98 style. So I debated asking a friend if I could pay him to print me up a beige-box themed case. And then, a few days ago, I was browsing the web aimlessly on my break, and I saw a floppy disk holder. The greatest floppy disk holder I have ever seen, and I have seen, like 10. Ok no I’ve seen way more than that, I used to love floppy disks, but this, this is something special. I wonder if you can tell what I plan to do to it…
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