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Old Floppy Drive Becomes New Turntable

Posted by timothy on from the obsessive-reuse dept.

vinyl1 writes "This must be the ultimate in retro-cool hardware hacking. The floppy drive is obsolete, but the turntable is not, and that got one guy to thinking. He provides a full tutorial on how to turn that worthless old floppy drive into a most desirable piece of audio gear."

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  1. Where its at! by Prophetic_Truth · · Score: 5, Funny

    I got two floppy drives and a microphone!

    nerdcore rules

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  2. Re:Before anyone asks... by ceeam · · Score: 4, Funny

    .. or because he cannot find a date.

  3. There is something beautiful about ... by fake_name · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a hack allows you to read obsolete media of one type with obsolete hardware of another type.

  4. LED??? by STFS · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article: "I had to fit a LED to find out when it's on because it's so quiet!!!".

    Ummm... wouldn't the turntable actually turning be a dead givaway???

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