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The best part about them was the sound. Like, you knew your machine was doing something when it was writing to a floppy, there was that mechanical sound.
For your listening pleasure: https://youtu.be/ZnFQZa8SKP8
There was this guy who made music using floppies and other old stuff. Pretty cool.
Edit: I think I meant this other guy, but the first one's good too.
Wow that Floppotron is something else! 8bit Symphonic orchestra vibes.
I love these kinds of whacky music machines, I'm sure you've seen this one before: https://youtu.be/IvUU8joBb1Q