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I don't think I will be using any of the rackmount chassis as well." gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260706_occ_d2 [00:29] TR News "I started by improving my setup a bit, by installing CygnusED on the Amiga "hard drive" (a Compact Flash card in reality) and organising the Gotek USB drive so I can actually find the Amiga disk image I'm using." gemini://pv.smol.pub/occ-2026-day-2 [00:30] TR News "Well, today was a bit of a washout. It was so hot (we're in a heatwave at the moment) that I wasted large chunks of the day asleep and the little I got done on this computer involved my Fedi scripts (I've approved the followers now) and hanging out on the IRC channel. 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