The C64 drives really did have you worried sometimes, Demon is right about that. It literally sounded like the disk was being chewed into little pieces in there!
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I always found the noisiness of the C64 drive comforting as you always knew when it was still working.
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Or in a similar vain, the smoke that came from the overheating sky box I had once!
If you haven't played a classic game in years, it's never too late to start!