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heinternets
5 days ago
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Floppinux – An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy, ...
I miss the floppy disk sound and the anticipation then joy of finally loading into the OS.
szszrk
5 days ago
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The omnipresent coil whine in almost every laptop I got in past 15 years, gives me at least that nostalgic noise that says "computer is working".
Whish coil whine was configurable :)
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tensility
5 days ago
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At a very low level, it is. I know the individual that made a "diagnostic" for the floppy drive while working as a tech on the Apple I and Apple II designs which caused the drive to whine in patterns that were distinctly ... orgasmic.
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szszrk
4 days ago
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that is just one step from Floppotron...
https://silent.org.pl/home/2022/06/13/the-floppotron-3-0/
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