There’s no good reason to plug a floppy drive into your phone…but you can.
And if you can do something with oldschool hardware, YouTuber Clint Basinger of LGR eventually will. So it’s no surprise that he managed to not only connect a floppy drive to his Samsung Galaxy Note 8 using a USB type-C adapter, but also managed to load the classic sidescroller Commander Keen from the drive.
It’s ridiculous, and glorious. You should watch it right now:
[embedded content]This all wasn’t quite crazy enough, so Basinger hooks up a USB hub along with a vintage Model M keyboard, just for good measure. The combination of ancient tech and a modern phones is a lot of fun, and we can’t wait to try it out ourselves.
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