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The real gem of this build though is the floppy disk drive, which looks unaltered on the surface. But its core functionality has been removed and in its place an Arduino sits, looking for NFC devices.

The Commodore 1541 disk drive allowed users to store a maximum of 174,000 bytes of data or up to 144 different programs and/or data files on a single 5 ¼” floppy diskette.

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The floppy disks similarly had NFC tags installed so that when they interact with the Arduino, it can send a command to the computer to launch a corresponding game.

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An original Commodore 64, with floppy disk drive and datasette, at Jake Young’s facility in Adelaide.