floppy on Technabob...
Imperial March on Floppy Drives: the Empire Strikes Hack
 |
What is it with floppy disks and the Imperial March? I’m sure many of you have seen this video of a floppy disk and a floppy drive playing Darth Vader’s theme. And if there are two of them on YouTube, there must be more out there. A modder ironically named… |
October 2nd, 2011
3D Printed MicroSD Reader Poses as Micro Atari 810 Floppy Drive
 |
There’s something so forgettable about microSD readers. That’s why I think that this little hack is awesome. It makes a microSD card reader look like a tiny Atari 810 Floppy drive. Rossum made this miniature using a 3D printer, which is even cooler in my opinion.… |
May 7th, 2011
Floppy Drive Protects Itself From Its Natural Enemy
 |
What happens when you spill a full cup of coffee under your old Apple 5-1/4″ floppy drive? I’d expect it to either damage the mechanism, or at least make a mess you had to wipe off the bottom of the drive. Well if you think like the guys at Chambers… |
October 3rd, 2010
Apple ][ Disk Drive Modded Into a Mac Mini (or Vice Versa)
 |
This could be my favorite Mac Mini mod yet. Take one part retro Apple Disk ][ drive and one part Mac Mini, and what do you get? A little bit of casemodding genius. Modder Charles Mangin took the guts out of his old Disk ][ enclosure and managed to find… |
February 21st, 2009
What if Software Still Shipped on 3.5-Inch Disks?
 |
Remember the good old 3.5-inch floppy disk? Now remember how annoying it was when you had to install a program that spanned 4 or 5 disks? Well, imagine what life would be like if you had to install today’s bloatware on your computer using floppies. That’s exactly what the designers… |
January 27th, 2009
