Algodoo

This is a project I stored for a long time and I remembered some minutes ago.
This is a concept for a 30-segment removable memory disk machine. It can
read and write from and to the disk with two commands I copied from a really
old scene and used for other scenes in my old account.

INPUT:
scene.hdtxt = e.geom.text;
scene.hdimg = e.geom.texture
OUTPUT:
e.geom.text = scene.hdtxt;
e.geom.texture = scene.hdimg

CONTROLS:
Lef / right: Read disk / Write to disk
Up / Down: Move 1 sector up / down

There's a push button to release the disk (I made it that way so the computer
(theorically) can actuate the button with a relay or some mechanism).
To insert a disk, just grab a disk by the tip and insert it pointing
into the machine (they are at the left side).

I wanted this machine to be operated by the computer. That's why the I/O control
is outside of the machine, as well as the push button as I said. I couldn't
figure out how to make a way to operate the section mover though.

I stopped working on the machine because I don't think it is really worth.
- Too complex (many parts and things happening/working at the same time)
- Relies on gear mechanisms (prone to slip and desynchronize)
- Cannot jump between sectors (you can only go sequential (1 to 2, to 3, etc.)

You can take this machine and make a functional and refined concept if you want.
Take it as a phunlet and dismantle and examine it, it looks complex but it's just 3
main mechanisms... the sector move mechanism; the insert mechanism; the eject
mechanism.

I hope this concept inspires someone to do bigger and better