Mac software used to be distributed on 3.5-inch floppy disks. Now, using the MacDisk utility, you can read them on modern ...

It was either installing firmware on IBM S/370 mainframes or on ... become a symbol of data storage, and the floppy disk icon still appears on many computer desktops as the file-saving symbol.

“Embroidery and CNC [computer-operated industrial ... At least one type of floppy disk, the ancient 8-inch introduced by IBM in 1971, seems on the verge of extinction. “There aren’t any ...

IBM PC floppy drives didn’t implement any form of notification for a disk eject, so it became quite possible for a disk to be ejected while the operating system still believed cached data from ...

A hallmark of computer storage in the 1970s. Here are five interesting facts about 8-inch floppies: The 8-inch floppy disk, originally called a "memory disk", was developed by IBM to serve as a ...

IBM's first computer, the IBM 701 ... alone saw IBM introduce a speech recognition technology as well as the Floppy Disk. In 1973, IBM researcher Dr. Leo Esaki received the Nobel Prize in physics.

AP Three floppy disks are used for loading DOS software that controls the system’s central servers, according to Ars Technica. DOS, which stands for disk operating system, was used to power IBM ...

Floppy disks or diskettes emerged around 1970 and, for a good three decades or so, they were the main way many people stored and backed up their computer data. All the software and programmes they ...