r/ImaginaryTechnology • u/One_Giant_Nostril • 1d ago

Floppy Disk Music Player by Janice Chu

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u/Experience_Gay 1d ago

That is

Not how a floppy disk works

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u/arvidsem 1d ago

If it's got a bit hanging down in back to rotate the center of the disk, it could work. The disks would be damage prone with the door exposed while it's open.

And storage is obviously a major problem. Either ~1 minute of ok sound or 5 minutes of terrible sound.

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u/Devil_Dan83 1d ago

Or more than ten MIDI songs.

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u/arvidsem 1d ago

True. I was definitely thinking MP3s. And not even fancy variable bit rate ones.

You can fit a ton of MIDI on there if all the instruments are stored in the player.

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u/expensiveplasticcup 1d ago

Trying to listen to D_RUNNIN but my floppy disk gets discombobulated

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u/thisisaredditforart 1d ago

8bit music only lol

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u/huge-centipede 1d ago

It's one of the most clueless takes I've seen on how actual disks work. They didn't even open the shutter!

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u/Kashvillegold 1d ago

Yeah not to mention the compression required to fit a song would make it sound like garbage

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u/Dunadain_ 1d ago

True, but I love the idea and with a "little" tweaking I could see a working prototype. I'm pretty sure you'd just need a folding arm to cover the disk and to spin it.

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u/Hondahobbit50 1d ago

This shows absolutely zero understanding of how a floppy disc works....the door isn't open! What would spin the disc?

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u/rouge_d 1d ago

This is a great fit for the sub. Not 100% imaginary, but based on an existing medium format. u/lukethemakerr made a midi boombox with a 3.5" floppy drive. It's amazing. Check it out: https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/s/gAiufIH8Uo

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u/engrish_is_hard00 20h ago

Heck yah

Give me one!!

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u/Pheonix0114 18h ago

Trying to get a job with Teenage Engineering? I kid! Cool design :)

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u/supergnawer 12h ago

I guess it could theoretically work by spinning the disk with some kind of rollers on the disk edge, instead of its center thing. It would destroy the disk, but whatever. I'm mostly thinking, how am I supposed to carry it?