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Silent
silent.org.pl · Personal blog · on HN since 2011
Silent is a Polish hobbyist's site documenting his Floppotron machines, which make music from floppy drives, and related hardware projects.
What HN saysHN commenters repeatedly link the Floppotron 3.0 post as the standout example of musical floppy drives, with technical details.
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- 4Entry phone hack1 people · first shared 2020
What HN people wrote when they linked it
Stratoscope · 2024-02-29
This feels incomplete without a mention of the amazing Floppotron 3.0.
My favorite performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-WakfBNHD0
How it works:
https://silent.org.pl/home/2022/06/13/the-floppotron-3-0/
szszrk · 2026-02-04
that is just one step from Floppotron...
https://silent.org.pl/home/2022/06/13/the-floppotron-3-0/
mgiampapa · 2025-02-11
It will never be as cool as this guy, https://silent.org.pl/home/2022/06/13/the-floppotron-3-0/
hi-v-rocknroll · 2024-05-12
Let's not forget the floppotron:
https://silent.org.pl/home/2022/06/13/the-floppotron-3-0/
zen_1 · 2022-06-13
This blog post by the creator goes into some of the more technical details about the system http://silent.org.pl/home/2022/06/13/the-floppotron-3-0/
sdrftr · 2020-05-15
This reminded me of a project Paweł Zadrożniak made on the same idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9GWteVUYD0
http://silent.org.pl/home/2015/10/04/entry-phone-hack/