If the floppy disk is just a save icon to you there’s still the chance to experience their retro charm though, courtesy of [Franklinstein]. He’s made a 3.5″ floppy disk that eschews 720 k ...

Invented by Alan Shugart at IBM in 1967, the original floppy disk design measured 8 inches (200mm) in diameter, stored 80KB of data and became available for purchase in 1971 as a part of IBM's ...

We remember the floppy disk as the storage medium most of us used ... It found its way into a few unexpected uses such as Sony’s Mavica line of digital cameras, but outside those who maintain ...

In 2022, Japan's digital minister "declared war" on floppy disks and other retro tech like ... which celebrates low-bitrate music "as a form of art and practicality". While physical media are ...