Charles Mangin from Option8 managed to cram a USB stick into an old floppy in such a way that’s just fresh enough to be a DIY project I wouldn’t mind attempting myself.
The hack actually involved two disks, cut apart and stacked together. This was done so that the connector could fit snugly inside.
One of the cooler additions is the red indicator light. Manguin popped out the disk’s locking write-protect switch and now the red activity light shows through.
The modified insides, laid bare. [Flickr via technabob]
huu
Monday, November 15, 2010 at 12:56 PMbut why? usb key smaller to start with and now its 3x large. Better project is to put 3 of them in one case and have micro switch to switch between the 3 modules. so you have say 3x64gb floppy
Charles Mangin
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 2:38 AMwhy? the same reason i stuffed a Mini inside a floppy drive (http://gizmodo.com/5159104/mac-mini-inside-an-apple-disk-ii-case) – because i could. plus, i like the look of the older hardware.
Thomas
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 5:23 AMHuu, this project is for looks not functionality.