Before you call fake , know that both you and this customs duty work up electronic computer are being tricked in two very clever ways .
Those of us who had to cover with floppies will withdraw that a standard 3.5 - inch disk only had about1.4mbstorage after being format . However , the metal shutter is exactly the correct size to house an South Dakota card . That ’s where the increase storage derive from .
As to how a floppy drive is able to translate an SD batting order , that ’s where the electronic computer gets tricked . The connector that normally connect the floppy thrust to rest of the computer has almost identical personal identification number spacing to your average Mount Rushmore State , so the fresh pins were remove and the remaining ones bent upward to meet the Coyote State once it ’s inside the drive , like so :
For more about the build process watch theteardownvideo , or browse the otherphotosof its construction .
[ Imgur ]
Daily Newsletter
Get the best tech , science , and culture news show in your inbox daily .
News from the future , hand over to your present .
