Robert Smith created an alternate version of the iconic Whac-A-Mole arcade game for the generation that both remembers arcades and knows why the save icon looks the way it does, as spotted by Hackaday ...

Back in the early years of the personal computer, “FloppyData” may not have been recognizable by itself. But looking back on ...

While most operating systems are written in C and C++, KolibriOS is written in pure x86 assembly and as a result small and lightweight enough to run off a standard 1.44 MB floppy disk, as demonstra… ...

To use a Floppy Disk Drive on a Windows 11/10 laptop or desktop computer, ... The free software version supports image creation up to 300 MB only. 4] PowerISO.

Then floppy disks were upgraded first to 160KB and then 360KB, which is what many of us think of as their default size. ... (MB) size disks appeared in 1984 along with the IBM/AT PC.

These stores typically have used 3.5-inch floppy disks for sale, and you can expect to pay around $0.25 per disk. No more than $0.50 each, else you’re being ripped off. Fredy Jacob / Unsplash ...

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, ...

The 8-inch floppy disk, ... That was shortly after increased to 720KB and eventually reaching 1.44 MB which was the most commonly known standard by the late 80s.

If you have a spare floppy disk lying around, pop over to the KolibriOS website and download the image from there. Just be sure your PC can handle the punishing system specs as listed on its wiki ...

A curiosity recently caught our eye—that curiosity is KolibriOS, a super-lightweight, ultra-fast OS designed for legacy PCs with its floppy drive-friendly install size of just 1.44 MB. Per ...

Raise your hand if you were still using floppies in 2002. I know I was, although I also had one of those 100 MB ZIP drives at home. ... ‘Floppy Disk’: An Elegant Name for An Elegant Medium ...