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by bitwize 1360 days ago
The TRS-80 Model 12 and 16 had 8" Tandon thinline drives that did some sick bass drops, especially on power-on/system boot. If anyone makes an emulator that replicates those golden sounds, they will have my utmost respect.

The TRS-80 Model II, from which those machines were derived, had a single thicc Shugart drive that was even noisier. The solenoid that engaged the heads made a loud "thunk" when activated (and changed the size of the screen, its magnet was so powerful!).