VIDEO: Nirvana cover proves floppy discs have a future

'Smells Like Teen Spirit' like you have never heard it before.

VIDEO: Nirvana cover proves floppy discs have a future

By Tom McCarthy

If you thought floppy discs were obsolete, think again.

A French engineer has given 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' a new lease of life using old computer equipment.

The creation is oddly hypnotising, using just six floppy drives, two hard disc drives and a Raspberry Pi to reproduce the Nirvana hit.

Would Kurt Cobain have approved? We think so, but we hope Arganalth, the YouTube user who put this video together, does not try to take the suitcase through airport security.

Check out his YouTube channel for several other covers, including House of the Rising Sun and Stairway to Heaven.

Now, can we get a cover of

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