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by heinternets 135 days ago
I miss the floppy disk sound and the anticipation then joy of finally loading into the OS.
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szszrk 135 days ago
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 135 days ago
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 134 days ago
that is just one step from Floppotron...

https://silent.org.pl/home/2022/06/13/the-floppotron-3-0/

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