If you need to, it's entirely possible to read and write to floppy disks with a modern PC or laptop. By Matthew S. Smith Contributor, PCWorld Jan 31, 2025 3:30 am PST ...

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In fact, Shugart himself left IBM and transitioned to Memorex in 1972, helping the company deliver the first commercially available read-write floppy disk drive (the Memorex 650). A hallmark of ...

With no-one making them anymore, the computer systems that read floppy disks will only get more difficult to maintain. In many industries and walks of life, it's been hard to cling on to floppy ...