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Posts Tagged ‘floppy’

30 Sep

Music from Floppies and HDDs

Music from electric devices is always a challenge because
how do you drive the electronics to represent certain notes
and/or beats? Well, a musician in poland has found a way and
covered “The White Stripes – Seven nation Army”

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FILED UNDER :Computer , Curiosities , Technology , Video
TAGGED WITH :device , electronics , floppy , HDD , music

03 Aug

When floppy drives begin to sing…

When you remember those 3.5″ drives you most likely
also remember that rattling sound they make when
reading disks. Some guy however thought that with an
Arduino and 12 drives, you can do more. He was right!

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TAGGED WITH :arduino , control , drive , floppy , music , orchestrate

11 Apr

Jack Tramiel (+83) dead

The inventor of the legendary home computers VC 20 and C64 died on
Easter sunday at the age of 83. Jack Tramiel, born in Łódź (Poland) later
moved to Monte Sereno, California (USA) and launched the Commodore
C64 Home Computer system which should be the most sold computer ever.

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TAGGED WITH :C64 , computer , floppy , home , Inventor , Poland , SID , USA , VC20

04 Oct

Fun with floppy drives

You know the old 3.5 inch floppy drives? Rather useless today in the time of
USB sticks, SSD and optical disks. However they can still be used for making
music. Not believable, you think? Then watch the following movie, that shows
how to play the Star Wars Imerpial March melody!

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TAGGED WITH :drive , floppy , music , sound , star wars