Floppy Drive Imperial March

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By John Baichtal
Posted 2011/09/28 @ 8:30 pm
Category Electronics

The nerd quotient of Silent’s project is nearly off the charts.

The sound created by movement of the head, which is moved in steps with sufficient frequency. Interface description can be found, for example HERE. Simply activate the station by providing a low-to DRVSB0 or 1 (depending on whether we have the tape from the cross and to which the plug is connected to the station) and choose the direction of head movement (low \ high on DIR) and the trailing edge of the head movement will cause STEP one step. ATMega microcontroller controls the whole.

(Google translated from Polish) [Via Hacked Gadgets]

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0 Responses to Floppy Drive Imperial March

Ben Edwards on September 29th, 2011 at 3:42 am said:

That. Is awesome

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Archibald Tuttle on September 29th, 2011 at 6:33 am said:

Ha, ha, Floppy drive! Ha, ha, didn’t know they still exist!!

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xaoc25 on September 29th, 2011 at 7:05 am said:

Имперский марш, сыгранный флоппи-дисководами ))

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Leo Lesniewicz on September 29th, 2011 at 7:12 am said:

This brings to mind a program on the Apple][ back around 1980 or so called Little Tan Box, which was named for the Apple disk drive enclosure. It didn’t produce music though. It told the brief story of a sexual encounter using displayed lines of text on screen synchronized with a combination of timed head seeks and a chattering head reinitialization for the climax.

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Rob M Clarke on September 29th, 2011 at 8:18 am said:

Great hack. Reminds me of the one that was make to the Commodore 1541 floppy disk about 20yrs ago to play Daisy-Daisy.

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Rob M Clarke on September 29th, 2011 at 8:18 am said:

Great hack. Reminds me of the one that was make to the Commodore 1541 floppy disk about 20yrs ago to play Daisy-Daisy.

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Rob M Clarke on September 29th, 2011 at 8:18 am said:

Great hack. Reminds me of the one that was make to the Commodore 1541 floppy disk about 20yrs ago to play Daisy-Daisy.

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mike_bb on September 29th, 2011 at 9:34 am said:

Yes Thats fun!

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Anonymous on September 29th, 2011 at 10:56 am said:

its hounrable

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Daniel Kim on September 29th, 2011 at 3:16 pm said:

Oh GAWD! I just about died laughing!

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Anonymous on September 29th, 2011 at 3:25 pm said:

Probably the best use for them, nowadays. Well done!

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Anonymous on September 29th, 2011 at 3:25 pm said:

Probably the best use for them, nowadays. Well done!

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Anonymous on September 29th, 2011 at 4:50 pm said:

New ringtone?

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naijabounce on September 29th, 2011 at 7:17 pm said:

Inperial March by floppy …….#Geeky

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haabe on September 30th, 2011 at 6:53 pm said:

I remember a demo for the Comodore 64 floppy disk drive doing the same. Not playing Imperial March, but another tune. Anyone else recall that?

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Anonymous on September 30th, 2011 at 8:12 pm said:

That man has a place reserved in Geek Heaven, or is it Niebo?

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Anonymous on October 3rd, 2011 at 2:21 am said:

This is incredibly geeky and wonderful. My cat approves.

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Anonymous on October 3rd, 2011 at 5:52 pm said:

Yeah C64 Could do something similar without extra hardware, just software.

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Andrew Fearn on October 4th, 2011 at 6:01 am said:

This is seriously one of the best things ever. I think it only appropriate that you recolor the faceplates black.

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Anonymous on October 6th, 2011 at 1:59 pm said:

GOD-LIKE!!!! SI-SI-SI-SICK!!!

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