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		p1mrx on June 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Codec2: A Whole Podcast on a Floppy Disk When we had a 486 running Windows 95, I used to convert CDs to WAV for fun. The GSM 6.10 codec in Sound Recorder (22050 Hz, Mono, 4 KB/s) could fit about 1 song onto a floppy.

scruffyherder on June 24, 2018 [–]

With Real Audio, you could fit one side of a LP onto a floppy diskette

https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/2017/04/20/getting-first-...

Of course sound quality is lacking, but it was really cool at the time, but the amount of of time and resources needed was insane for the time.

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