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nmg | 3 years ago

What I want is an FDD sound simulator for various historically significant computer models. The Tandy 1000 is burned in my memory, and I'd love to hear it again without having to visit a classic computer flea. Extra points if you can simulate disk read errors on the eleventh diskette of a failed install

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TedDoesntTalk|3 years ago

I have this exactly for my Apple //e SD card reader. Reading from an SD card makes no noise, so there’s an option to make it. It’s called the Noisy Disk Mechanical Sounder for the Floppy Emu.

https://shop.bigmessowires.com/products/noisy-disk

bitwize|3 years 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!).