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>"Freespin is a Commodore 1541 demo, released in 2021. It runs on the Commodore floppy drive. It is is the first demo on this device. [Without the C64 attached!
by peter_d_sherman 5y ago
>"Freespin is a Commodore 1541 demo, released in 2021. It runs on the Commodore floppy drive. It is is the first demo on this device. [Without the C64 attached!]
[...]
Freespin generates sound/music using the floppy drive mechanic (in particular, the stepper motor responsible for moving the head to the right track).
Video is generated through the [1541's] serial bus."
PDS: Absolutely amazing!
I have never seen this done before!
Related:
"How freespin bit bangs the video signal"
http://www.quiss.org/freespin/raster.html http://www.quiss.org/freespin/raster.html
- ac29 5y agoFloppy drive music is pretty impressive, see also Floppotron: https://www.youtube.com/c/Pawe%C5%82Zadro%C5%BCniak https://www.youtube.com/c/Pawe%C5%82Zadro%C5%BCniak (they've got some non-floppy devices like scanners too)