The HDD Clicker
686Remember the clicking sounds of spinning hard disks? One “problem” with retro computing is that we replace those disks with Compact Flash, SD Cards or even SSDs. Those do not make any noises that you can hear under usual circumstances. Which is partly nice, because the computer becomes quieter, but also irritating because sometimes you can’t tell if the computer has crashed or is still working. This little device, designed by our good friend Matthias, aka Retroianer, fixes that issue! It’s called the HDD clicker and it’s a very unique and funny little gadget!
00:00 Introduction
04:44 Soldering timelapse
05:07 Mounting the clicker in the 486
07:09 Demonstration
08:49 Review & End
12:16 Outro
13:11 FULL DEFRAG!
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Project page: https://www.retrokits.de/index.php/hdd-clicker-hdd-sound-simulator-v0-1/
Link to buy the product: https://www.serdashop.com/HDDClicker (non affiliated, I do not get any kickbacks from this)
Music: Parsec by Spino2006
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