I did this too. I took apart a dead IBM 75GXP (they are probably more useful as speakers) and soldered the speaker wire to the little wires on the servo arm. I connected it to my stereo (which is 100W/channel). The sound that sucker put out was surprising. At higher volumes, the moving of the arm across the platters gets annoying, so if you keep it from moving somehow, the sound improves, and you can crank it. This guy connected the amp to the drive's platter motor, too, but that didn't put out much sound for me.
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I emailed them. Within a couple minutes I received a response saying they hope to have the Linux viewer out by the end of this year.
I guess the ./ effect on their poor little webserver would cause a Denial of Suds?
I did this too. I took apart a dead IBM 75GXP (they are probably more useful as speakers) and soldered the speaker wire to the little wires on the servo arm. I connected it to my stereo (which is 100W/channel). The sound that sucker put out was surprising. At higher volumes, the moving of the arm across the platters gets annoying, so if you keep it from moving somehow, the sound improves, and you can crank it. This guy connected the amp to the drive's platter motor, too, but that didn't put out much sound for me.
dave hansen is a kernel? where can i sign up for this? and do i get a cool mascot?