10 Feb
2009
10 Feb
'09
2:03 p.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
Actually, WinUAE has a very convincing simulation of what Amiga floppy
drives sound like if you turn it on. It's really cool to hear the drive
noises as you run a game from a floppy disk file...
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I think
I'll miss the death-rattle of encountering a bad disk block, or even
the grinding/squealing noise as the surface of a disk falls off and demolishes
the drive head. Any magical "solid state" replacement should really include
audio output and the ability to randomly lose bits of your data... :-)
Ah HA!
THAT is what is missing from simulation!