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The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) Performed by Floppy Drives

Discussion in 'Found on the Net' started by Baraka_Guru, Oct 1, 2011.

  1. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Baraka_Guru, Oct 1, 2011
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  2. Remixer

    Remixer Middle Eastern Doofus

    Location:
    Frankfurt, Germany
    Hahahahhahahaha, that made me laugh hard!
     
    Remixer, Oct 1, 2011
    #2
  3. KirStang

    KirStang Something Patriotic.

    Location:
    In the 17 Judicial Circuit
    R2D2's great great grandparents.
     
    KirStang, Oct 1, 2011
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  4. samcol

    samcol Getting Tilted

    Location:
    indiana
    so awesome!
     
    samcol, Oct 1, 2011
    #4
  5. aquafox

    aquafox Getting Tilted

    Location:
    Ibapah, UT
    Super!
     
    aquafox, Oct 4, 2011
    #5
  6. Lirpa

    Lirpa Vertical

    Wow, it makes me sad to think that kids these days aren't going to understand why this is so awesome!
     
    Lirpa, Oct 5, 2011
    #6
  7. Daval

    Daval Getting Tilted

    OMG - I totally loved that! This one's getting shared on Facebook :)
     
    Daval, Oct 5, 2011
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  8. Ice|Burn

    Ice|Burn Getting Tilted

    To. Freaking. Awesome.
     
    Ice|Burn, Oct 5, 2011
    #8
  9. Steinbex

    Steinbex New Member

    Location:
    Colorado
    Ha! That's awesome.

    I remember a form of copy protection for some old computer games that required you to have a "key disk" inserted in your floppy drive. This disk had hidden (i.e. non-standard formatted) tracks on it that would make your floppy drive sound crazy. However, it wasn't the music of The Imperial March - it was the sound of your floppy drive being forced to do things it wasn't designed for, and thus causing it a slow, gradual death.
     
    Steinbex, Oct 5, 2011
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  10. Robot Parade

    Robot Parade New Member

    This made me happy.
     
    Robot Parade, Oct 6, 2011
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  11. Zweiblumen

    Zweiblumen Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Iceland
    There were also a nasty malware that would send a command to the floppy to go to next track and would repeat it so the drive would end up thinking it was at track 100 (or something way beyond the 48 the disk had) then it would ask the drive to seek to track 0, the stepper motor would be at full speed when the head smashed in the frame usually destroying the drive.
    I have also heard that this was actually put in some game's copy protection but I have no confirmation on that.
     
    Zweiblumen, Oct 7, 2011
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  12. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    Going the other direction....
    When I was in college I remember somebody doing an orchestra arrangement (strings, trumpets, drums...) of the "song" that a dialup modem made connecting to AOL...:)

    Lindy
     
    Lindy, Oct 7, 2011
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  13. Fly

    Fly music is the answer

    Location:
    Beautiful British Columbia
    ahahhahha..freakin' awesome
     
    Fly, Oct 9, 2011
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  14. Cayvmann

    Cayvmann Very Tilted

    Location:
    Central North Carolina
    Talent, pure talent
     
    Cayvmann, Oct 19, 2011
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  15. MeltedMetalGlob

    MeltedMetalGlob Resident Loser Donor

    Location:
    Who cares, really?
    (I didn't want to start a whole new thread and thought this one was appropriate enough.)

    A short video creating music (rhythm, to be precise) through the use of dropping everyday objects.
     
    MeltedMetalGlob, Aug 20, 2012
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  16. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    Quite cool!
     
    Lindy, Aug 20, 2012
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  17. ASU2003

    ASU2003 Very Tilted

    Location:
    Where ever I roam
    That is what you get when you don't have to worry about having a job every month for 40 years... It would be nice to have summers off to work on some of my crazy projects.


    Anyways, it is a cool video, and I enjoyed it. I hope he does some other songs.
     
    ASU2003, Aug 21, 2012
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  18. Ozmanitis

    Ozmanitis Trust in your will and Hope will burn bright!

    Location:
    Texas USA
    LMAO...ahh the joys of the old floppy drives, bring back such memories. Like how I perfected my cussing due to my %$#@! drives. or the massive storage needed to keep them safe. And let us not forget the every popular floppy wars held in offices everywhere. The good ole days...so glad they aren't around anymore.
     
    Ozmanitis, Oct 25, 2012
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