anfractuosity.com
Hardware
magnetic stripe and floppy disk imaging
SHOW HN2018
71points
3comments
#609of 2,155 in 2018
Top 29%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Commenter encourages trying the approach and finds it plausible.
From 1 comment
Definitely give it a shot and let us know! I'm really curious about this and it really should be possible as long as you can visualize the magnetic field. For comparison's sake…
sdrothrock on HN
Objections
Q-View developer and iron nanoparticles may lack resolution for floppy disks.
From 1 comment
> No, they’re just from using the Q-View magnetic developer & iron nanoparticles, which I don’t think give fine grained enough detail for floppy disks unfortunately and then just…
sdrothrock on HN
Requests
Try a better camera setup such as a macro lens or metallurgical microscope.
From 2 comments
> No, they’re just from using the Q-View magnetic developer & iron nanoparticles, which I don’t think give fine grained enough detail for floppy disks unfortunately and then just…
sdrothrock on HNDefinitely give it a shot and let us know! I'm really curious about this and it really should be possible as long as you can visualize the magnetic field. For comparison's sake…
sdrothrock on HN
Alternatives named
Visual reading of vinyl records via scanning.
From 1 comment
Definitely give it a shot and let us know! I'm really curious about this and it really should be possible as long as you can visualize the magnetic field. For comparison's sake…
sdrothrock on HN