The original 8-inch floppy disks had a storage capacity of about 80 kilobytes. However, as the technology progressed, they eventually managed to store up to 1.2 megabytes by the end of their reign.

Who buys floppy disks in an age when more sophisticated storage devices like CD-ROMS, DVDs and USB flash drives have been made increasingly obsolete by internet and cloud storage? Those in the ...

When you think about retro music formats, floppy disks may not immediately be top of mind. They're not as culturally iconic as cassette and CD players or as elegant as old-school vinyl.

Invented back in 1971, the floppy disk is remembered as one of the most iconic and reliable disk storage solutions. Specifically, it was the 3.5-inch floppy that became a literal icon, one we ...

With the last manufacturer of 3.5″ floppy disks (FDs) having shut down in 2010, those who are still using this type of storage medium for production and/or retrocomputing purposes have to ...

If you have ever owned a computer, especially over previous decades, you know that the type of storage used has […] ...

Floppy disks have been around for decades—over 50 years!—and while the storage medium is largely obsolete, it's not completely dead. Just ask Tom Persky, who after several decades still ...

Furthermore, certain data formats simply surpass the storage capacity of a floppy disk. For instance, a single photograph can easily exceed the format's 1.4MB storage limit. Despite the decline in ...

And while most of the world has long moved past the floppy disk in favor of CDs, DVDs, flash drives, and even SSDs, it appears that Japan was, in some capacity, still using floppy disks until just ...

And then there’s the question of capacity: of the various floppy formats readers might remember (specifically, 3.5″ disks and their larger 5.25″ cousins) the most generous format is the ...