Setting up Reshade and loading preset files for the game on Steam Linux (DBD example).Download Presets Reshade for Dead by Daylight

    👀In this video, we'll explain how to configure Reshade on Linux, as well as install and activate the famous basic presets that can be created to automate adjustments, such as in the game Dead By Daylight, the famous DBD!

    In Reshade, we can define keyboard shortcuts to activate or deactivate Reshade, as well as load and switch presets created for games such as DBD and others!

    When you install Reshade, it comes with zero configurations; you won't be able to apply or modify filters in your game! Reshade requires initial configuration to function. Linux is no different!

    And for those who wish to download and install the famous basic presets created by users for DBD, the .ini files must be configured and loaded so that Reshade can finally work, applying the post-processing we want!

    For the famous DBD game Dead By Daylight, we have several independent Reshade presets, one for each map in the game, or a preset for a specific group of maps that are similar in general graphic characteristics! For games like DBD with many different maps with very distinct environments from each other, it's practically impossible to have a perfect preset for all of them! You have to load the most suitable preset for the map when it appears, dynamically adjusting luminance, shadows, contrast, brightness, and color gamut. For DBD, we have the element of surprise of randomly loaded maps; the user only finds out which map they will play on when the session loads! Unless they are forced with offerings! But that's not always the case!

    So in Reshade, we can load several preset files already pre-configured for specific map conditions—lighter, darker, or neutral! Thus, when we activate the presets in Reshade, the map will have its post-processing adjusted in a way that is more appropriate for its environment!

    We can define a key on the keyboard to navigate between presets and change them easily in a matter of seconds! We can also turn Reshade on and off for conditions where GPU FPS is a higher priority than Reshade post-processing, and then turn it back on when it's most needed!

    After installing Reshade for Linux in the desired Steam game, the Reshade message will be displayed when you start the game. Usually, pressing the HOME key on the keyboard will display the Reshade menu!

    Accessing the Settings tab, we can configure all the necessary keyboard shortcuts to navigate between Presets, turn Reshade on or off, among other options!

    In the Reshade Home tab, we can load the various game Presets we want – the famous .ini files already with the Reshade settings pre-defined! In the case of DBD, we have several .INI files, one for each type of map, to provide better graphic processing for the various darker, lighter, or neutral environments!

    We will leave here the availability to download these Reshade Presets for the game Dead By Daylight, but those who wish can create their own different Presets with other settings!

    Although the Linux version of Reshade is exclusive, the .INI files of the Presets work for both Reshade Linux and Reshade for Windows!

    Just download them, choose a folder to place them in, and then load the files as we instructed in the video, so that Reshade can automatically adjust the post-processing!

  👉  Although we showed Reshade being configured in the game DBD, any other Steam game can have Reshade installed and configured in the same way!

    It's just not universal, meaning for each game you will have to install the Reshade script, configure it, and load the Preset .INI files for each game!

    💬And when you need to update Reshade to new versions, you will have to run the script again one by one for each game as well, so that Reshade always downloads and updates automatically.

    Although it doesn't have a universal version with automatic global updates, Reshade for Linux is an incredible tool that at least allows us to have the same gaming features as Windows, proving once again that Linux is now a system that can easily replace Windows!

   💬 Remember once again that Reshade consumes GPU resources, and depending on the chosen preset and the filters being processed, the game's FPS may drop slightly! The FPS can be reduced by up to 15 FPS depending on your video card, GPU, and of course, the filters being processed!

    That's why you can temporarily turn off Reshade with the F5 key (in the case that we have already configured for this function) to gain temporary FPS and turn Reshade back on with F5 when you need more graphical accuracy.

    Reshade makes all the difference for playing better without resorting to cheat codes, cheats, and other illegal maneuvers!

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How to Install and Run Reshade For Linux Games in Steam! A complete way to easy run Reshade in All Games in Steam with Linux! DBD exemple!

   💥 Finally, Linux has become even more perfect for gaming, especially on Steam, with the possibility of installing the famous Reshade to run post-processing graphics in games such as Dead By Daylight and many others!

    Yes, friends, the possibility of running Reshade on Linux is 100% thanks to a simple and powerful script that we will show you how to download and install here in our video! Until now, Reshade officially only had a Windows version via an .exe installer, but on Linux the package can be easily configured without many complications via a special script that automates much of the initial installation and configuration process!

    Reshade is very famous in the gaming world for applying post-processing effects or additional filters to improve graphics, changing colors, applying sharpness, improving dynamic contrast, HDR, Bloom, and several other effects that the original game does not have as processing. Reshade acts as image post-processing, that is, after the 3D game renderings have already been processed by the GPU, Reshade still applies and calculates other changes in filters for final graphic improvement in the visuals, especially in colors, effects, lights, and shadows!

    Considered today one of the main advantages for gamers, and even more so for those who play a lot of competitive games, as it allows the visibility or highlighting of objects that, without post-processing, would be darker or even imperceptible!

    Imagine an enemy hidden in the corner of the wall; without Reshade, you wouldn't see anything, requiring little visual effort and total attention. But with Reshade, you can easily improve the visuals of the entire environment in a matter of seconds in real time, applying various filters and post-processing so that everything that was hidden is revealed!

    Reshade is not about cheating or using cheats as many think. It only acts on the visual field of what is being processed from images that were erased or poorly lit by the developers, giving the player a more vivid and sharper scenario! 

    It is not illegal and is not considered an unfair advantage in games, but rather a processing improvement! It's as if you were improving the graphic quality of the game with advanced adjustments that the game itself doesn't have because it wasn't programmed by the developers!
    You are not gaining advantages with codes, but rather improving your graphics!
    

    📺Games like Dead by Daylight have very dim and dark maps, hindering gameplay in a world where hiding or spotting the killer is crucial to staying alive in the match!
    Reshade in games like DBD improves the lighting and ambience of the maps by 100%, allowing for high visibility of the scenery in situations that you normally wouldn't be able to perceive without Reshade!

Click Here To Download a Reshade Script For Linux!

    In the video, we'll explain how to download the automatic script that installs Reshade for a specific game on Steam! We'll use the famous DBD-Dead By Daylight as an example, installing Reshade inside the Windows virtual machine that runs the game via Proton!

    That's right, Linux runs DBD on Steam thanks to Proton technology, which adds a translation layer for the game to the Windows version necessary for it to run within Linux!
    So we'll install Reshade within the Proton profile that DBD needs to run on your virtualized Windows! It's as if DBD on Linux had a Windows installation just for it to run, and within it we configured Reshade exclusively for it!

    In the Reshade script, only a few brief path configurations are needed for the game's Proton and its Steam ID, and that's it!
    The script itself downloads and installs all the packages as well as the DLLs necessary for Reshade to run within Proton with its virtualized Windows! At the end, it displays a custom command that we must insert into the game's startup parameters to enable Reshade natively!

    That's it! When running the game, in the case of DBD, Reshade starts automatically and is ready to perform all the video post-processing that we need to configure!
    👉It's worth remembering that Reshade doesn't come pre-configured with the famous Presets that are so often talked about! Presets are custom configurations that instantly change Reshade's filters, which in real time change the graphic result generated by Reshade!



    👾In the case of DBD, due to the various maps with different scenarios and lighting and shadow settings, we need a Preset for each map! Because the Preset of one map may be too dark or too light for another specific map!
    Reshade allows multiple Presets to be loaded into memory as well as switching between them with just one click of a button, and the processing changes in real time!
    In the next video, we will teach you how to configure Reshade as well as load the map Presets into DBD!
Using Reshade can slightly alter the game's FPS, as it is post-processing that the GPU is doing in addition to rendering the 3D of the game itself!

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Course Video Playlist Installing Linux on Computers or Notebooks for Beginners Tips from A-Z!

Complete Course: Video Playlist Installing Linux on Computers or Notebooks for Beginners. Tips from A-Z!

Note: The course is open to the general public and is intended for users who have the minimum technical knowledge to install operating systems on computers or notebooks! Anyone who has already installed Windows on their computer will be able to install any Linux distro with our course. If the user does not have the minimum technical knowledge, serious damage can be caused to the computer and irreversible data loss! When in doubt, always hire the technical service of an IT professional!

  Finally, a Linux Installation Course for Beginners with all the most important topics, updated in a clear and didactic way! Now you can install and use Linux on your computer, all in a 100% free way without leaving home!

📱 After using Android (which is Linux) on various Smart systems around the world, it's your turn to have Linux on your computer once and for all! Leaving Windows only for those who want to spend money on an expensive system that requires a lot of maintenance, both for companies and for ordinary users or gamers! 

     In our course we will teach users how to choose a more suitable Linux distro, for beginners we recommend Zorin OS, Kubuntu or AnduinOS. After downloading the ISO image of the distro, of course make a bootable USB drive so that you can finally install Linux on any computer!

   We will also explain about Linux partitions, basic partitioning, and Legacy or EFI boot to install Linux on older computers such as Dual Core or Ryzen or Intel Core i!

   Watch the Full Course on this Playlist Here

📡 Linux is a powerful, state-of-the-art system, that has been used for years by large companies such as Google, Facebook, Oracle, Intel, AMD, IBM, NASA and all the Super Computers in the world, as well as the armed forces of various countries, transportation systems, trains, airplanes, and of course in your car!

    And to finish Linux is present in all Smart systems in the world, which run Android or embedded systems! Everything is Linux! Don't be fooled, Windows only became famous on computers thanks to the bundled sales that exist between computer manufacturers and Microsoft!

    💢But the technological world only uses Linux! It's a lie that to use Linux you need advanced knowledge, to be a programmer, etc! A simple home user who can operate a computer mouse and keyboard can already start using Linux without problems! 

    Many people talk nonsense about Linux because it's advantageous for them that you continue using Windows, generating expenses with computer formatting, digital data theft, and selling expensive software packages that companies need! 

    But on Linux everything is 100% free, meaning even if you're a company you don't pay anything! Linux has no licensing or renewal costs like Windows does! Linux is stable and secure, because the user downloads all applications from the Official Store without needing to download and install harmful content from the network like Windows needs! 

    Office Suite, Photo/Image Editing Programs, even Vector Editing, all 100% free! Linux is stable and secure, because the user downloads all applications from the Official Store without needing to download and install harmful content from the network like Windows needs! Office Suite, Photo/Image Editing Programs, even Vector Editing, all 100% free! ... Sound and Video Editing, as well as database and creation tools, also make Linux the perfect system for businesses!

    📺 And for the gaming world, Steam puts Linux at the forefront of next-generation games with Proton, running virtually many Windows titles with performance and stability! We are proof of that, because we've been using (ESIJMJG) Linux on our computers since 2008!

     For those interested in learning about and using this powerful system that already exists in our homes, through Android, the time has come to finally have it on your computer! The myth of Linux being bad, difficult, and lacking any of the applications that Windows has is finally over! Buried and demystified! 

     Linux has many applications that Windows runs, including Steam, Firefox, Google Chrome, Discord, Spotify, and many others! Blender is an example of the power of Linux in running professional 3D applications! Watch our course and install Linux on your computer to use and finally eliminate the high expenses that Windows brings to your small business or even your home!

    ✌ Linux is a virtually zero-maintenance operating system! Once installed, just update and you're done! No need to format every 3 months like Windows does! This greatly reduces costs! And you don't need a computer with a PMS chip or any other frills! You will have an even greater degree of security with Linux than with a TPM chip computer running Windows!

       While Windows only has Microsoft as a developer and technical support, Linux has thousands of programmers around the world, creating and developing tools every day! Linux technical support is provided by the Distro communities, there are also technical forums, IT groups and of course YouTube channels like ours also help Linux users! You will have an even greater degree of security with Linux than with a TPM chip running Windows!

     While Windows only has Microsoft as a developer and technical support, Linux has thousands of programmers around the world, creating and developing tools every day! Linux technical support is provided by the Distro communities, there are also technical forums, IT groups and of course YouTube channels like ours also help Linux users! 

     ✋👉There's no excuse not to use Linux now on your computer! Excuses are just laziness and not updating for the future! It's your turn, do it!Take the Free Course now!

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How did Windows become famous on Desktop Computers? Cross-selling since 1980 with IBM

How did Windows become famous on Desktop Computers? Cross-selling since 1980 with IBM and MS-DOS. A little History:

    Today we will bring you a historical explaining why the Windows system has dominated and continues to dominate the world of desktop computers and notebooks, not giving space and creating difficulties for other systems such as Linux to grow in commercial participation.

     In the case of MacOs, we already have a specific audience that only looks for and consumes Apple products, but they are also part of the same problem of tied sales, since a Linux system could run on a Mac, of course!

    In the case of Linux, there is no such thing as a tie-in sale, since it is a 100% free Open Source system! Although Linux dominates the Android world and several embedded devices and supercomputers or servers, in the desktop world it has been completely suffocated by the practice of tied sales that has been happening with Windows for years.

    So it all started when Bill Gates created Microsoft in 1981, launching the company's first operating system, the famous MS-DOS. At that time, all operating systems were 100% based on text commands (the famous Linux terminal or Windows Cmd)! There were few operating systems at the time that were easy to use or that were developed, and it is worth remembering that MS-DOS was not created from scratch by Microsoft, but rather improved from another operating system that was purchased by Bill Gates from another programmer, the QDos system created by Tim Paterson!

    The term DOS or D.O.S is not a Microsoft patent, but rather an abbreviation for Disk Operating System. There are several DOS systems in the world, such as FreeDOS, MSX-DOS, OS/2, etc.!

    

But in 1980, IBM, a global computer manufacturing giant, needed an operating system for its famous IBM-PC, and in a meeting with Microsoft, they decided on this first combined sale of Software+Hardware in world history! Every IBM-PC would come with MS-DOS installed and, of course, with its exclusive Microsoft programs!

    This was the beginning of the great practice of selling computers with Microsoft operating systems installed! Other manufacturers would also copy IBM and sell their computers with MS-DOS installed. Other DOS systems on the market would succumb to this practice of tied sales, since lay users would already buy the computer with MS-DOS installed and would not uninstall the system to install another due to the work and lack of technical knowledge! 

    In 1985, Bill Gates, copying the idea of ​​Steve Jobs' projects for the graphical operating system used in the Apple Lisa, launched the first Windows 1.0! This was the first time in the world that the term "Windows" that many people know began to be heard! But the practice of tied sales continued to grow more and more and with this, Microsoft became powerful and well-known in the universe of Desktop and notebook computers, the famous PC platform! 

    Linux was only invented in the 1990s, that is, 10 years after MS-DOS and 15 years after Windows 1.0! Users were already accustomed to Windows on the PC and Linux did not yet have a graphical environment in its first version, being more similar to MS-DOS! Today, Linux has grown so much that it has even inspired Windows in many practical tools for users. Windows 8 copied the full-screen application launcher that Linux has in many versions, including Android, which is also Linux!

    But even though Linux is safer, more stable and free of charge, and with hundreds of applications available for free for users to download and use, it still cannot grow in the Desktop world due to the large commercial agreement of Tied Sales by computer manufacturers who still only offer computers with Windows pre-installed, following the tradition that began in 1981 of Tied Sales!

    Tied Sales are prohibited by law in Brazil, article 39 of the CDC, and in many countries today, in the USA, there is even an investigation that points to Microsoft being guilty of harming other companies in software technology and for the practice of tied sales.

    The biggest culprits of this Tied Sales that harms other systems and the OpenSource world, which could benefit many users around the world, are precisely the computer manufacturers!

    They sell computers with Windows already pre-installed and do not allow the choice of Linux or other systems! Other culprits include manufacturers of peripherals, printers, mice, keyboards, etc., who do not officially support Linux and other systems! Linux develops its own drivers through the community, and not everything works 100%!

    Hardware manufacturers are the biggest culprits of cross-selling! Windows is commercial, so everyone makes money with it, except the end user, who only spends!

    Other culprits include software and game developers, who all run officially on Windows, and although Linux does run some of them or has its own software, they are not officially supported!

    Finally, the ultimate culprit is the computer user himself! He doesn't know or doesn't want to use Linux out of laziness, even though he knows that Windows is a money-suck and if it's pirated, it's even worse!

    It's up to us to change this!

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About the History of Cell Phones in Brazil The First Model Motorola Microtac Lite 2/DPC-650 and Factory Mode with Secret Listening

Learn about the History of Cell Phones in Brazil. Documentary Video with the DPC-650 and MicroTac Lite II models

    The year 1990 brought great changes to Brazilian cellular telephony. It was the beginning of everything, large-scale retail sales to the Brazilian population, since cellular telephones had existed since the 1970s and in the 1980s they were already used in many countries, even being seen in period films. Here, everything was still futuristic technology until the beginning of the 1990s, when Motorola finally brought its first models to Brazil.

    The first model launched in Brazil was the PT-550 (Microtac 9800X), but other models became popular in Brazil until gradually the price became more and more affordable. In the early 1990s, cell phone lines were very expensive, some were even worth more than the dollar or another dollar. Many people sold and resold lines as they do today with mobile devices. It was a completely different time from today, when the cell phone line itself is worth nothing!

    Then there were waiting lines, from months to years, it was really very difficult to have a telephone enabled in Brazil, and even more so, both the line and the model of cell phone were very expensive.

    In our telephony museum, we keep two cell phones from that time. The DPC-650 which was a simpler model, and the MicroTac Lite II which was much more TOP, "filled" with options such as a personalized MENU to choose the music tone and many other functions!

    The DPC-650 Has a Dot Matrix Display that show some little messages in Menu. But DPC-650 can´t receive or send SMS or other text messages! The Display is Only for Messages configuration!

Watch our Documentary Video about the First Cell Phones in Brazil! (Including the secret function test of wiretapping) Only Portuguese Audio version!

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Old 5 1/4 pol IDE HD Dock used in Old Servers and Computers. Museum ESIJMJG

IDE HD Drawer Dock used in old servers and computers. Product demonstration video. ESIJMJG Museum.

    Few old (vintage) products still survive the passage of time in conditions of at least being filmed/photographed, and even rarer are those that have their functional characteristics preserved. In the world of vintage computing, there have been countless parts/accessories created over the years, and since everything quickly becomes outdated (obsolete), it doesn't take long for them to become parts of electronic waste.

    Therefore, it is very rare to see this part that we show in the video below, it is a "Dock" Drawer for HD-IDE used in servers/computers from the 90s/2000s. 

Watch the video below and see what this rare but very practical and functional accessory was like for the world of vintage servers. (Portuguese Audio Only)

    This rack dock is very rare because today there are practically no more hard drives in the IDE standard, as well as motherboards that currently support the IDE bus are even rarer. 

    We believe that the IDE dock shown was used in many old servers, since it allows for quick hard drive replacement without opening the equipment (computer). Since servers are usually built into racks, having to remove them from their place, open them and replace a part would be a very costly and time-consuming task, which completely compromises a server's function (being operational to serve 24 hours a day)!

    A stopped server is an incalculable loss for certain companies, which is why the urgency of performing corrective maintenance is very important. We don't have time to open the computer, unscrew the entire structure to replace a hard drive! A 10-minute task that should be completed in 1 or 2 minutes at most!

    With this, this IDE HD Drawer allowed technicians to replace hard drives in just a few seconds. This is the main function of these devices created for the server world.

    A desktop computer would hardly have optimized parts to be replaced, since the target audience for desktops are home users, while the target audience for servers are corporate and more experienced users.

    A desktop computer can be stopped for longer for maintenance, while a server should only stop for the shortest possible time, since each second represents a strategic/financial loss for companies!

    With that, the entire server market should be focused on practicality and speed when it comes to maintenance.

    What impresses us is that this IDE HDD Drawer has an internal fan (disk cooling) and can be easily locked/unlocked by simply pushing/pulling its carrying handle (like a lock).

    A very well developed ingenuity.

    Although we can use this drawer on any desktop computer, rarely will it be used for the price.

    Of course, today there are versions of this drawer with SATA connection, but at the time the IDE was the best thing there was.

    Did you like it?

    Join us next time as we reveal other rare and classic items from our Museum of ESIJMJG IT!

JMJG
Electronic Eng.

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Tip Linux KDE in Notebooks,strange Like FN Key was Pressed directly. How to Solve it easily!

Notebook keyboard on Linux is strange as if the FN key was pressed directly. Is it a Bug? How to solve this easily.

FNis a Special Function key available only on Notebooks or special keyboards. Normally common Desktop Computer keyboards do not have this key. On some Notebook models the FN key is also responsible for activating the numeric keypad function (Num Lock) and with that, in some newly installed Linux operating systems users may encounter a very common problem. Typing on the keyboard and seeing that instead of letters, numbers are coming out, completely confusing the user.

Many people even try to adjust the Keyboard Layout in the Linux settings, but without success. That's exactly what will happen, because this is not the correct way to solve the problem!

So what can I solve? Is this a bug in my Linux? Should I install the system again?

Don't do this! The issue is not about a bug or defect in your Linux, the problem is that the Notebook must be configured for the numeric keypad (Num Lock) by default when the KDE session or others is being loaded!

The blame lies partly with the many Notebook manufacturers who still do not include the famous light bulbs in their keyboards LED

to indicate whether the Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock functions are activated on the keyboard!

Desktop keyboards always have LEDs to indicate when these functions are activated, so the user remembers to turn off the functions when they are no longer needed. The same goes for Caps Lock (which always writes in uppercase letters). 

In the special case of Num Lock, the layout of the Notebook keyboard is usually differentand, except for some more expensive manufacturers, the Notebook keyboard does not have the right part of the numeric keypad, and therefore there is no space to embed the LED signaling lamps.

So we will show you how to easily solve the problem for the Notebook that is using Linux, and also "adapt" a reminder of the Num Lock and Caps Lock keys directly in Linux. Check it out:

1) Turning off the Num Lock function at the beginning of the KDE session or others, avoiding problems with wrong keys.

To temporarily solve the problem, the user can press the FN + NumLock key on their Notebook keyboard to turn OFF the NumLock function. NumLock is usually printed on the key with another function, so the FN key must be used to activate the NumLock function.

    As we can see, some letter keys also share numbers, J=1, K=2, L=3, U=4, etc. and with that, if the NumLock function is on, when we press the keys in their place the corresponding numbers will be printed on the screen, generating confusion.

To turn off the NumLock function at the beginning of the KDE session or others, access the Linux system settings and go to "Keyboard".

Click "Disable" on the Num Lock function at the start of Plasma. For those who use Gnome, XFCE, LXDE or other proscure the same option in the system settings (usually in Keyboard).

This way, every time we start Linux and enter KDE, it will automatically turn off Num Lock for us, avoiding the confusion we mentioned.

2) Installing an Aplet for simulate the Num Lock and Capslock LED

Even if our Notebook does not have the NumLock and CapsLock LEDs like a common Desktop keyboard, we can use other alternatives to do this.

In Linux using KDE and others it is possible to install an "Aplet" that reminds us about when the function is activated NumLock or CapsLock are on, showing messages near the clock bar.

To install in KDE you need to access the "Add Widgets" function

The procedure in detail can be seen in the video below, it works in KDE 4 or KDE 5 (Plasma 5). For other graphics managers, try installing them via the application or package center.

This way, your problem with typing letters and numbers will be solved, and the FN can still be used to turn on the NumLock function at any time you want, just remember to turn off the NumLock function to be able to type normally.

For Notebook manufacturers, the time has passed that even models with the most advanced keyboards compact, have at least 2 LEDs to indicate the NumLock/CapsLock function. The Scroll Lock function does not cause many problems so its LED can even be suppressed.

See you next time

JMJG

Eng Electronic/Desktop Linux Instructor.

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Know the Old 5 1/4 inch Floppy Disk Drives. New Original Sealed Box and a Little History about this Media!

Old 5 1/4 inch Floppy Disk. Unboxing Opening a NEW Original Sealed Box. Rarity. What were the first Digital Disk Storage Media like? Check out this Vintage Classic here! ESIJMJG EXCLUSIVITY!

    Before checking out a little history about Floppy Disks, watch this classic video. We did a sealed unboxing of a 5 1/54-inch floppy disk, one of the most used media in computers during the 70s/80s.

We did this to use these disks in our old computers (486/MSX), so don't worry, we didn't open the box for nothing! Of course, if it was closed, it would have more value for collecting, but what's the point of a closed box if we can't use it in our 5 1/4 units! kkkkk Practice speaks louder.

Check out this detailed unboxing of a sealed box of brand new 5 1/4 disks. ESIJMJG Computer Museum! (portuguese audio Only)

    It is not the first time that humanity feels the need to store information digitally. The first magnetic storage units were Magnetic Reel Tapes. After the invention of the Cassette Tape (K7) many devices were already being manufactured and became cheaper and easier to adapt to computers!

Thus during the 70s/80s cassette tape storage units (K7) became popular in personal computers such as the TRS-Color/TK/ MSX/ Apple II/ CP /XT/ AT/PC.

    But the tapes took a long time to store and even longer to find the information (you had to constantly rewind or fast forward)since the data was stored in a linear and sequential way!

    To solve this, engineers designed the Magnetic Floppy Disk (Floppy Disk) drives. The first Floppy Disk from the 1971s was 8 inches, huge/giant and could only store a maximum of 80Kb! That's right 80 Kilobytes! But this unit was too large to be embedded in personal computers.

    Later they reduced the size to 5 1/4 inches and the floppy disk had 160 Kb of storage, in addition to being able to be built into the cases of personal computers!

    Now that was a tremendous revolution!

    On a floppy disk, data is stored in a sectorial manner, in tracks, which can be quickly accessed by a mobile reader head, unlike traditional K7 tapes. This represented faster access and easier storage, which made floppy disks the most desired magnetic storage unit of the 70s/80s. But their price was very high! Few could have these units in their computers, and the K7 tape was still used in most computers.

    However, over time, floppy disks became popular and their price dropped so much that the use of K7 tapes was discontinued from computers and only floppy disk drives were being used in the late 80s and early 90s.

A Little History, 1970 until 1990!

    Nowadays, some text files in the Office suite take up more than 5 Mb, so it is not possible to store current text on these old floppy disks. However, in the 70s/80s, using DOS systems, a text file could be much less than 360 Kb, so there is enough space to fit text on these disks.

    But not only text, these disks were already used on a large scale for computers from the MSX/TRS/TK/CP line from Prológica and even the famous IBM-PC! At that time, personal computers did not have Hard Drives (Winchesters) because they were very expensive and used only in large company computers (replacing K7 Tape Recorders). Therefore, a 5 1/4 Drive was the only best option for storing files on personal computers from the 70s/80s, compared to K7 audio tape recorders!

    

The D.O.S (Disk Operating System) system was the most famous in the 70s/80s and long before Windows graphical systems became popular, "DOS" was the standard at the time, a system operated entirely by text, via command line (Prompt).

    At that time, computer users had to understand the system more technically, since there was no GUI graphical interface to help! For this reason, these systems were considered difficult to use and not all users liked using computers.

    Among the various DOS systems, the most famous and popular is MS-DOS (Microsoft) which came "bundled" with many standard AT-X86 computers.

    

    The most famous was the AT-286, simply called 286, which was soon evolved into the 386 and finally the 486 which was the most advanced 32-bit processor at the time. Even after the famous Pentium 1 (successor to the 486), 5 1/4-inch floppy disks were used in computers, but they were soon replaced by 3 1/2-inch disks and the 5 1/4-inch bay was soon occupied by the modern CD-ROMs that were part of the Sound Blaster Multimedia Kits!

    The First 8 inch Floppy Disk model, could store up 80 Kb Kilobytes! That's it! 80 Kilobytes! 

    The first 5 1/4-inch floppy disk models could store up to 160 Kb of information, using a Single-sided model. That's less than a text file in .TXT format today! But back then, that was everything!

    As floppy disk readers and, of course, the media itself evolved, high-density models emerged, in this case reaching the maximum that a 5 1/4 floppy disk can store.

    With the HD (High Density) floppy disk, we could achieve up to 1.2 Mb (Megabytes) of storage capacity. In the 70s and 80s, that was enough to store a few games, dozens of text files, and some software, but even by the beginning of the 90s, that capacity was already somewhat limited.

    As a result, it was common for users to have dozens of boxes with these 5 1/4 floppy disks just to store their information. At that time (1985) the Hard Disk was also quite popular and had much more capacity . Enough for MS-DOS systems or even Windows 3.1/3.11.

    But the 5 1/4 floppy disks were losing ground to another 3 1/2 (3.5 inch) floppy disk that was more rigid and allowed the HD version to store up to 1.44 Mb (Megabytes)! With practically the same price as the box, the 3 1/2 inch version was much more widely used and survived until the end of the 90s, when the famous CD began to be adopted in computers, thanks to the famous Sound Blaster Kits!

    And at this point is the End life for the Floppy Disk media and Drives... But here in the ESIJMJG they live forever!

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