Bands putting records out on floppy disc

01.16.2009, 03:46 PM

What do you think of this?

01.16.2009, 03:49 PM

I got one
3.5" didnt have the opportunity to listen to it yet.
I just like the idea of abandon media and I pretty much liked the print on it.
I will check which artist

01.16.2009, 03:51 PM

Same here. I like the format 'cause it looks like 70's furniture design. It's only recently I came across some bands doing that.

atsonicpark · 01.16.2009, 03:57 PM

I remember a band called the Lotus doing this about 6 years ago. I saw a local "IDM dude" who gave me a copy of his album on floppy too, about 5 years ago. Pretty neat.

01.16.2009, 03:58 PM

here is it:

noisereductions · 01.16.2009, 03:58 PM

Back when I was a music maker, there was a label called Computer Disk Records, that only released singles on 3.5" disks, and they put out one of mine.

01.16.2009, 04:00 PM

Wow! Exhausts put records out on floppy disc now? I have one of their CDs, if it's the same band we're talking about. And I like them a lot too.

noisereductions · 01.16.2009, 04:00 PM

http://www.punkhost.com/ the label's gone I guess.

01.16.2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by noisereductions

http://www.punkhost.com/ the label's gone I guess.

cheers

01.16.2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Wow! Exhausts put records out on floppy disc now? I have one of their CDs, if it's the same band we're talking about. And I like them a lot too.

damn. and I havent found an old enough PC/Mac yet to check it

btw the included chart says that it requires shickwave flash player. maybe its some interactive do it yourself program made by them, rather then an album

01.16.2009, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by al shabbray

damn. and I havent found an old enough PC/Mac yet to check it

My pc is considered ancient by today's standards and still survives (fingers crossed). Old-fashioned desktop bought from Mr Riley in Islington in 2003. I record all my music on it, so if I it gets destroyed , I am wiped off too.

01.16.2009, 04:08 PM

you are relying on an old PC?
its time for some backup!

atsonicpark · 01.16.2009, 04:08 PM

My computer is 8 1/2 years old. Never had a problem with it. It's got ME on it and 18.6gb of space.

01.16.2009, 04:09 PM

I don't download animal porn on it. I just like being the peeping tom.

01.16.2009, 04:11 PM

yes, ok I got a still running C64 with no HD space at all, hahaha. but thats another story. I dont trust PCs anymore

@sarram:
is your disk a 3.5" too or an 5.25" C64 style disk?
I wonder because all Ive seen so far are 3.5" disks

noisereductions · 01.16.2009, 04:15 PM

I heart C64.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.16.2009, 04:16 PM

You need to get one of those old school tape backup machines man

SYRFox · 01.16.2009, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

My computer is 8 1/2 years old. Never had a problem with it. It's got ME on it and 18.6gb of space.

haha, that's almost the same configuration for me. My computer is 8 years old I believe, I never upgraded it in any way (I don't even own an external hard drive). The hard drive is 18.5gb of space and it never got full - though it's sometimes close. At the moment I have something like 600Mb free
And it has a floppy disc reader

01.16.2009, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by al shabbray

yes, ok I got a still running C64 with no HD space at all, hahaha. but thats another story. I dont trust PCs anymore

@sarram:
is your disk a 3.5" too or an 5.25" C64 style disk?
I wonder because all Ive seen so far are 3.5" disks

what's that? the size of my floppy drive? i don't know. standard?

01.16.2009, 04:20 PM

yes there are two standards. the 3.5" are the one like mine. they were first in old amigas I think and early PCs and were the standard till the end. before that there were this huge 5.25" floppy disks which are known in germany just as floppies (the 3.5" are just known as diskettes)
the bigger ones are thinner and way more bendable
edit:

5.25"

01.16.2009, 03:46 PM	#1
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	What do you think of this?
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01.16.2009, 03:49 PM	#2
al shabbray Posts: n/a	I got one 3.5" didnt have the opportunity to listen to it yet. I just like the idea of abandon media and I pretty much liked the print on it. I will check which artist
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01.16.2009, 03:51 PM	#3
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Same here. I like the format 'cause it looks like 70's furniture design. It's only recently I came across some bands doing that.
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01.16.2009, 03:57 PM	#4
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I remember a band called the Lotus doing this about 6 years ago. I saw a local "IDM dude" who gave me a copy of his album on floppy too, about 5 years ago. Pretty neat. __________________
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01.16.2009, 03:58 PM	#5
al shabbray Posts: n/a	here is it:
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01.16.2009, 03:58 PM	#6
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	Back when I was a music maker, there was a label called Computer Disk Records, that only released singles on 3.5" disks, and they put out one of mine.
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01.16.2009, 04:00 PM	#7
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Wow! Exhausts put records out on floppy disc now? I have one of their CDs, if it's the same band we're talking about. And I like them a lot too.
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01.16.2009, 04:08 PM	#12
al shabbray Posts: n/a	you are relying on an old PC? its time for some backup!
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01.16.2009, 04:09 PM	#14
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	I don't download animal porn on it. I just like being the peeping tom.
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01.16.2009, 04:11 PM	#15
al shabbray Posts: n/a	yes, ok I got a still running C64 with no HD space at all, hahaha. but thats another story. I dont trust PCs anymore @sarram: is your disk a 3.5" too or an 5.25" C64 style disk? I wonder because all Ive seen so far are 3.5" disks
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01.16.2009, 04:15 PM	#16
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	I heart C64.
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01.16.2009, 04:16 PM	#17
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	You need to get one of those old school tape backup machines man
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01.16.2009, 04:20 PM	#20
al shabbray Posts: n/a	yes there are two standards. the 3.5" are the one like mine. they were first in old amigas I think and early PCs and were the standard till the end. before that there were this huge 5.25" floppy disks which are known in germany just as floppies (the 3.5" are just known as diskettes) the bigger ones are thinner and way more bendable edit: 5.25"
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