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I’m gonna say Zip disk, it has a really solid thunk when you get it all the way in. floppy disk is almost there but not quite as good. I’m gonna guess minidisc is really nice too, but I’ve never had one of those. what are your thoughts?
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im gonna say an honorable mention is the Wii slot loader drive, it has a really nice sounding motor and smooth action. the slot loader on my old MacBook was atrocious lol
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Feb 23, 2024 23:36
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mods please change the thread icon to “sex” TIA
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Feb 23, 2024 23:38
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it's been a while but laserdisc is pretty fun
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Feb 24, 2024 03:55
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Feb 24, 2024 04:04
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audiocassette, in the players where you insert the tape, not the ones where you set it in the tray top-loading vhs players are a close #2
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Feb 24, 2024 04:06
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nes was pretty good. open flat, insert cartridge, depress cartridge, close flap
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Feb 24, 2024 04:10
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spring-loaded microsd fuckin things will take your eye out, but man is that click satisfying
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Feb 24, 2024 04:56
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also not quite physical media but a good lens mount? oh man
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Feb 24, 2024 04:59
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wii slotload is very good adding in toploading betamax
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Feb 24, 2024 05:08
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vhs is satisfyingly clunky
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Feb 24, 2024 05:11
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the old floppy drives that apple used around 1987 to 1993 or so. they were auto insert and auto eject - push the disk in part way and it pulls it in the rest of the way.
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Feb 24, 2024 05:23
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its basically an 8 track i think but the old ad carts in a radio station booth
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Feb 24, 2024 05:31
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i think floppy drives. you stick them in, get a little chunk, then the button pops out.
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Feb 24, 2024 05:43
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scanning a qr code. love the janky delay as my camera struggles to focus on it, the long time it does nothing, then it finally recognizes it, but i accidentally click the wrong thing so it focuses on something else. then i finally click the url and it pops open another page that takes a few seconds to load. mm that’s the stuff.
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Feb 24, 2024 05:45
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usb c
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Feb 24, 2024 07:54
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for me gotta be penis in vagina, op
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Feb 24, 2024 08:06
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git apologist posted:for me gotta be penis in vagina, op someone already mentioned microsd
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Feb 24, 2024 08:08
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every day i open palm slam a vhs into the slot
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i think i have to go with 3.5" floppy here. someone else already mentioned auto-ingest and eject, these are not necessary but they elevate the experience significantly. to me, the biggest things are the sound, and the speed. the click-vmm-click-vmm-click-vmm sound of the drive reading or writing a file is just loud enough to add to the experience, but not so loud or high pitched to be annoying. it's kind of soothing? it sounds like Work Is Happening but without the thrashing of a hard disk. secondly, the speed of the drives is just right in terms of human perception, i think. if you have a jpeg or a medium sized text file, it takes a few seconds to read or write. it's long enough to be perceptible, the copy dialog box comes up, but the bar fills quickly and you are soon on your way. not so fast that it's just frantically flashing stuff up in your face and then immediately disappearing. super pleasant. zip disks are nice, but mostly in the hand. auto-eject is nice, but floppy had that too. the disks are a nice size, but since they're larger and not that much heavier, they're kind of insubstantial. texture is nice, though. unfortunately, the eject spring is forceful enough that it sometimes kicks the disk all the way out of the drive, and when inserting the disk you have to push against the spring. with external drives, you have to brace the drive with your other hand or fingers or something so you don't push the drive backwards on the table. it fails the macbook one-finger rule. i want to like zip, since it's mostly a slightly larger floppy that's significantly faster and with 69x the storage space (nice). but i don't think it's the most satisfying.
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minidisc is more interesting than satisfying, as at least the sony mechanisms feel like intricate clockwork but not overly robust. not as in flimsy, but feels pushed to the limits in terms of minification and manufacturing. i quite like nintendo ds carts. usual spring latching thing used by all kinds of memory cards, but that's satisfying to start with, and the nintendo ds carts are just chunky enough to make it satisfying.
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Feb 24, 2024 12:02
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usb c
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i’ll be a bit of a size queen but i like the old 5.25 floppies. more to insert you pull down a little lever to lock it in and then the drive vrbb vrbb spins on
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Feb 24, 2024 13:19
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Apple IIe floppy drive.
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old removable disk platter assemblies https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102640499 the head drive assembly sat on the raised floor like a record player, more or less. you started your job from punch cards or paper tape, and it would trigger the os to ask you or the operator to mount volume MYSTUF the operator selects a free HDA, varies it offline with an operator command, and goes to find your cake box with MYSTUF in it on the shelf. toggle ready switch on the HDA to notrdy, push the Raise Lid button, push the Park Heads button just to make sure, seat the platters, remove the transport cover, push the raise lid button again, set the ready switch to rdy back at the console vary the HDA back online, os finds MYSTUF in it, and off she goes ( stand alone/not atl tape still works like this, but is marginally less satisfying now that its just sticking a cartridge in a slot instead of hanging a reel and threading the leader to the takeup )
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Silver Alicorn posted:I’m gonna say Zip disk, it has a really solid thunk when you get it all the way in
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mediaphage posted:nes was pretty good. open flat, insert cartridge, depress cartridge, close flap
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edison cylinder???
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fart simpson posted:usb c keep posting this until someone takes the bait
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giving thanks to god rn. came here to post thisgit apologist posted:for me gotta be penis in vagina, op this mf was waiting with this Midjack posted:someone already mentioned microsd so GA took the bullet instead of me. god is great 🙏🙏🙏
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ikanreed posted:Apple IIe floppy drive. those had a good ker-chunk as you set down the tab or whatever. and you could stack two under your monitor... doing something cool? double ker-chunk
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Feb 25, 2024 04:02
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3.5" floppy was the most satisfying to eject. some drives you really had to press that mf button down.
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Feb 25, 2024 04:19
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git apologist posted:keep posting this until someone takes the bait what bait
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Feb 25, 2024 04:51
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nintendo entertainment system game pak
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Feb 25, 2024 08:11
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I bet the 64DD disks feel real nice
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Feb 25, 2024 08:33
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usb a if you get it right the first time it's like hitting a 3 pointer with your eyes closed
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Feb 25, 2024 09:07
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gotta be something that is solid, you have to overcome some tension to go in, self aligning, and then it has a reaction when its fully seated. thats gonna be a hard drive in a caddy going into a hotswap bay.
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Feb 25, 2024 10:21
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it's the 3.5" floppy drive. real ones, not that dumb apple motorised poo poo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZrFRCvKBfQ
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Silver Alicorn posted:I’m gonna say Zip disk came here to say this
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