Re: 5.25 Floppy Drive Sounds

["Senor Wences" <burker.josh05@gmail.com>]

"Chuggachugga" on the beloved Beagle Bros "Silicon Salad," one of
their "two line" programs submitted by readers of their brilliant
catalogs:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.emulators.apple2/browse_frm/thread/17a62b427cd77ad/85d6c999e8c19020?lnk=gst&q=Beagle+Bros+chugga&rnum=1#85d6c999e8c19020

:  0  REM AJIT JOSHI--CANTON,MI
:  1  HOME : POKE 50,223: FOR X = 1
:      50 TO 255: SPEED= X: PRINT  PEEK
:      (49385) +  PEEK (49386);: PRINT
:      "CHUGGA";: PRINT  PEEK (4938
:      7);: NEXT : END



On Mar 19, 5:26 pm, "Bill H" <b...@ts1000.us> wrote:
> On Mar 19, 6:23 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Jim wrote:
> > > Possible weird request...
> > > Does anyone have sound samples of a later-than-Disk][ floppy drive
> > > loading?? :)
> > > The newer //e & //c drivers were much louder.  I don't have a
> > > microphone handy at the moment to record it myself.
> > > I want to experiment with some of the disk loading sounds... any will
> > > do...
> > > The click-clack of an EA game wouldn't be half bad, either!!
>
> > > I know, it's weird...
>
> > I've used "Super-5" half-height 5.25" drives since the late 1980s,
> > and they don't make much sound at all--they even have a switch to
> > disable seeking below track 0.  I can't hear them seeking in use.
>
> > I always attributed the louder sound of the later full-height drives
> > to the plastic cases, which function as sounding boards.  But Apple
> > changed drive suppliers a couple of times, too, which would affect
> > the sounds.
>
> > -michael
>
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> > Home page:  http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/
>
> > "The wastebasket is our most important design
> > tool--and it's seriously underused."
>
> I remember the "choo choo" program that used the disk drives for sound
> - wasnt too good for the drives though. I bet you could write one like
> it for the PC floppy drives - they make a heck of a racket when you
> dont have a disc in them
>
> Bill H