Just one moment, my traffic controller needs to swap out their floppy disk… there we go." Those are disquieting words you ...

If you are planning a flight to the USA in the near future, you should know this: Without Windows 95 and floppy discs, many ...

Will your data still be readable in half a century? The State of Storage As storage media grows denser and more complex over ...

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

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

Osborne 1 was also famously described as “a perfect blend of a shrunken instrument panel of a DC-3 and a World War II radio.” ...

Today, the 3.5-inch floppy disk is out of production, but you might have a few in your possession. Can you still use them on modern PCs? Surprisingly, yes! Windows 11 can handle them without too ...

which only stopped using floppy disks in governmental systems in June, and the German navy, which is still trying to figure out a replacement for 8-inch floppies.

San Francisco uses floppy disks in its train control system, and the US Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS) also relied on 8-inch floppy ... places still use older technology ...

The German Navy seeks emulation-based replacements for 8-inch floppy disks in F123 frigates, commissioned in the 1990s. Saab, as general contractor, oversees upgrades to propulsion, weapon systems ...

In 2019, the US military branch replaced the 8-inch floppies for storing data ... Japan only last month officially stopped using floppy disks in governmental systems. The San Francisco Municipal ...