In this episode of [Adrian’s Digital Basement], we dive into the world of retro computing with a focus on diagnosing and repairing an old full-height 5.25-inch floppy drive from an IBM 5150 s… ...

It hasn't sold any other computers with floppy drives since May 1999. But the Windows side of the industry, after a few unsuccessful experiments, isn't poised to follow suit.

After finding one of these rare floppy drive accessories, [Pierre] simply took a meter to all the pins, traced out the circuit, and created a PCB with a PCI connector on one end, and 20-pin ...

Want my recommendation? Here’s the floppy drive I use, which only costs $19 as of this writing.Most USB-compatible 3.5-inch floppy drives are similar, but a few things stand out about this one: ...

Computer geeks who hoard their gear probably have a slew of 3.5-inch floppy drives sitting around and if so, you can make yourself this floppy drive with 118GB of storage. Originally, the 3.5-inch ...

It may seem incredible, but the giant Boeing 747 is still using the old-fashioned floppy disk to update its software. And it's unlikely to change. Here's why.

To use a Floppy Disk Drive on a Windows 11/10 laptop or desktop computer, you can download the Driver or create a Virtual Floppy Disk using these free tools.

Not so long ago, 3.5-inch floppy drives were something that every desktop computer had. U.K.-based Solid State Disk has a way to make them useful again.

When tinkerer Rossum needed a floppy drive for his Atari 400 computer, he decided to modernize it. Gone is the giant, clanking Atari 810 and its slow 5.25-inch floppy disks. In its place is this ...

Investigating alternatives to the floppy drive By the end of the '70s, a number of manufacturers were churning out 5.25-in. floppy disks. Sony introduced the now-ubiquitous 3.5-in. floppy disk an ...

His 2-minute long floppy disk drive version of 'The Game of Thrones' theme has gotten over 1.8 million views on YouTube since he first published it in 2012.. The 26-year-old lives in Coconut Creek ...

Archer used an Arduino Uno microprocessor to play music on a 3.5-inch floppy drive. The drive needs a 34-pin IDC connector and have the A/B select jumper set to drive B.