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favorite 90s movies:

"yes, i wear foundation. yes, i live with a man. yes, i'm a middle- aged fag. but I know who i am, val. it took me twenty years to get here, and i'm not gonna let some idiot senator destroy that. fuck the senator, i don't give a damn what he thinks."

Vedi, ho tanta paura!... You see, I am so scared!... Sono troppo felice! I am too happy! È il mio sogno, capisci? This is my dream, you understand? Tremo e piango... mia vita... mio amore!... I tremble and weep... my life... my love!...

So this is the Panasonic PRONOTE PD CF-62, it's a Pentium 133mhz running Windows 95, released in August 1996. Panasonic did this sort of trick more than once, they did a similar thing with an under-keyboard CD-ROM drive in the PD CF-41, from 1995.

This one is so fancy because that's not just a self-loading under-keyboard laptop CD-ROM drive, it's a HYBRID PD/CD-ROM self-loading under-keyboard laptop drive! It has to be this complex because it takes PD discs (which are the size of caddies) and caddyless CD-ROMs!

So what's PD discs?

They're an optical format by Panasonic, the Phase-change Dual (or Phase-change Disc). They're from 1996, store as much as CD, but are rewritable... much like the later CD-RWs which used basically the same technology, just in a slightly different format. Unlike CD-RWs (which you had to burn (usually), they acted like a hard drive, fully rewritable at any point. That's why the disc is hard-sectored, which you can see through the shutter gap. Those vertical lines indicate where sectors start and end.

So yeah, this laptop has a complex drive that can take both types of discs, and the whole thing folds under the keyboard. Fucking wild.

But the root reason, of course, is that they did this because it's a cool design, and they wanted to do that. Why did they think this was cool, why did they want to do this?

Pervert reasons.

Day two: commute (James Fitzjames)

@cold-boy-tapes

Well, dear fellow Terrorheads, work and real life shenanigans have been kicking my arse as usual and I have so many WIPs to crack on with for the fandom - BUT I really really wanted to participate in this wonderful event! Even if I only manage to post one playlist! So, here’s JFJ’s commute playlist, for your enjoyment. Nothing special, no lore to share, these are just a bunch of songs that I think he’d vibe to/with.

Spotify link under the cut! No track list because there’s literally 90 songs on there and I might add more in the future. Apologies for that! 🤦🏻‍♀️

The playlist can be played in any order and, as I say, there’s no precise lore behind most of the choices, other than the general mood/vibe - but I have picked out 8 that have meaning to me personally, in regards to JFJ vibes. They’re on a moodboard under the cut - soz, I’m a total simp for moodboarding.

@bell-swamp-fitzjames thank you for this lovely event! Looking forward to sampling all the great playlists asap!

Hey folks! I'm starting an art Tumblr as well! I've got an Insta and Tiktok under @marigold_hare already, but kinda wanted to start a Tumblr for mainly oc art and fanart and to find people to talk about my niche fandoms with lol 😭

I am really hoping to take some commissions, so if you find yourself liking my art please please reach out!! But once I get going I'll get a reference sheet up and everything too hopefully!