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If you're like most people, you probably haven't thought about the humble floppy disk in decades. But they're not totally ...
The warehouse also holds 8-inch floppy disks — an even older storage medium — including one labeled as containing the 1960 John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon US presidential debate.
Some industries still use floppy disks. This is one of the only places to buy them An online merchant who runs one of the few remaining websites where you can buy floppy disks says they're still ...
A floppy disk might seem like a thing of the past, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) still uses them to manage flight. Here's why.
Recently attempted to read my 5.25″ floppy disks from the pre-Windows x86 days. Mostly WordStar files. Tried so many different ways. I have multiple 5.25″ disk drives.
When Sony stopped manufacturing new floppy disks in 2011, most assumed the outdated storage medium – of which there is only a finite, decreasing number left – would die off.
Coonrod inserts a 3.5-inch floppy disk—which can hold 1.44 MB of data—that reads "Chuck E. Cheese Evergreen Show 2023" on a printed label. As the computer comes to life, ...
In honour of the floppy disk, MailOnline reveals the retro tech that older generations still have trouble saying goodbye to - while baffling the kids of today.
Floppy disks are still around outside Japan, too. The embroidery and avionics industries use them, and until recently the United States’ nuclear arsenal did, too.. Within the government, Mr ...
It's taken until 2024, but Japan has finally said goodbye to floppy disks. Up until last month, people were still asked to submit documents to the government using the outdated storage devices ...