31 Jan
2014
31 Jan
'14
2:33 p.m.
Drive noise is part of the experience, same thing I like about the old 8 bit
floppy drives sounds.
Are working SCSI drives really that hard to find where people would rather
spend $75 on an adapter that can't do 1MB/sec that even the old antique
drives can beat? I think using a USB thumb drive is more about convenience
being able to connect them to a modern PC to load up on programs then about
finding a working SCSI drive.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jules Richardson
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 9:14 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: SCSI2SD
On 01/30/2014 02:51 PM, Nigel Williams wrote:
This is great to see, well done to the developer
Michael McMaster.
I would suggest, somewhat facetiously, one small enhancement for a
future version: a small speaker with the ability to play a soundtrack
synchronised to the various commands. The eerie silence of SDs is
unnerving compared with the original cacophony of sounds that come
from old drives.
I'm glad someone else suggested that. :-) Without the noise it just isn't
the same, somehow. I think I'd be tempted to at least retain a drive in the
host machine even if it was non-functional (but spinning), just for the
noise - but that doesn't help with configurations which don't start the
spindle motor at power-on.
cheers
Jules
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