12 Jun
2008
12 Jun
'08
4:14 p.m.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Okay, so I saw this today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4SCSGRVAQE
It's a video of a floppy disk drive playing music by screwing with the
stepper motor. It is my understanding that the video was a hardware
hack, but it got me thinking... For those who know floppy drives
well, do you think such a thing could be possible via IBM PC floppy
controller software calls only? Or is a hardware hack required to
generate the right frequencies?
You have "heard" the 1541, no?
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=60849
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=37806
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5gnMgmlKi_o&feature=related
There are other variants, ones that truly make the 1541 sound like your
original clip, by using the head knocking and other loud actions.
Jim
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