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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My guess is they were from some old school beat maker, Akai or EMU.. so yeah, floppies were gangster..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

This guy has flipped a sample.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had an MPC2000XL that had one of these, that was an utterly shit time lmao.

The MCD model would have been cool if compact flash and SD cards were not ludicrously expensive back then for not much more storage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My XL had a zip drive.. made life so much easier.. I still miss it sometimes..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Man I have like a bajillion of those things laying around. I was never a huge fan of them because of their relatively short life though.