Early Macs used a proprietary floppy disk format, and once a Mac 3.5-inch disk was create,d it couldn't be read on the IBM PC standard. This made file transfers between the two types of computers ...

In an era of cloud storage, AI copilots, and real-time GPS updates on your phone, it sounds absurd that some commercial airplanes still rely on floppy disks—yes, those 3.5-inch plastic squares ...

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.

The pioneering hard disk concept of the IBM 3340 became the industry standard as the 30-30 or Winchester, which also found its way into PCs in the 1980s.

They sell 50-packs of recycled 3.5-inch floppy disks for $20 each or 10-packs of brand-new 3.5-inch floppy disks for $13 each. Alternatively, you can get a 10-pack of new disks on Amazon for $19.

GERMANY (WKRC) - Although you probably haven't used (or even seen) a floppy disk in a while, some systems still rely on the outdated technology to this day. They can't just remove the readers ...

Initially, these IBM Diskette 1 floppies could store up to 242,944 bytes, and later models increased capacity to 1.2MB. However, Japan has taken the spotlight with its high-profile program to ...

Around 1,900 of Japan’s government procedures used floppy disks and other outdated technology such as fax machines, CDs and MiniDiscs. He famously declared “a war on floppy discs [sic]” to ...

A 'powerfully weird little niche' Although floppy disk music "peaked" in the 2010s, it's "still going strong" in the 2020s, said The Verge. In the 2020 category, online music release catalogue ...

Floppy disks predated me getting my feet wet in computing. In the late 1960s, IBM engineers Alan Shugart and David L. Noble envisioned a compact and portable solution for storing data.

We also heard that it was only in 2019 that the Pentagon stopped using 1970s IBM Series-1 computers - complete with eight-inch floppy disks - as part of its nuclear weapons systems.