If you're like most people, you probably haven't thought about the humble floppy disk in decades. But they're not totally ...

It wasn’t until the 1571 that a proper, non-broked floppy drive came out – in my opinion. Unfortunately, it needed a C128 to run at full i/o speed. The C128D was a great experience, thus.

Data storage mechanisms have come a long way since IBM proudly introduced the first "memory disk" in 1971. By the end of the '70s, a number of manufacturers were churning out 5.25-in. floppy disks.

With the dawn of the 21st Century, however, for most computer users, floppy disks were on their way out – increasingly supplanted by writeable CDs and thumb drives. And now, cloud storage is ...

While some parts can be found used on reselling sites like eBay, ... And, even though [Mike] demonstrated the floppy disk drive cables in this build, ...

How to use Floppy Disk Drive on Windows 11/10. If you have an old physical Floppy Drive that you can attach to your device, then you will need to download the latest driver from the Windows Update ...

In 2018, floppy disk sales actually went up when small indie music labels turned to the 3.5-inch floppy at the height of the vaporwave trend. But getting back to planes, modern isn’t always better.

The Floppy Orgel (that's Floppy Organ to the English-speaking folks of the world), consists of 49 old floppy disk drives mounted onto a large board via custom-designed 3D-printed parts.

His buddy, Steve Jobs, got a 5.25-inch floppy disk from Shugart's new company, Shugart Associates, in 1976, and after a lot of hacking, Woz got the first floppy drive to run on what would become ...

Other less common formats of 3.5-inch floppy drives were the Imation Superdisk (LS-120 and LS-240) which reached capacities of 120 and 240 MB, respectively, as well as the rare Sony HiFD released ...

New storage systems, coupled with a need to store more than the 1.44 megabytes of data held by a standard floppy, have led to its demise. Only a tiny percentage of PCs currently sold still have floppy ...

With the dawn of the 21st Century, however, for most computer users, floppy disks were on their way out – increasingly supplanted by writeable CDs and thumb drives. And now, cloud storage is ...