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Tom Persky runs floppydisk.com, a California-based online disk recycling service that takes in new and used disks before sending them onto a reliable customer base — he reckons he sells about ...
A surprising number of industries, from embroidery to aviation, still use floppy disks. But the supply is finally running out.
The other day, a medical office needed my insurance card. I asked them where to e-mail it and they acted like I had offered them human flesh as an appetizer. “We don’t have e-mail! You … ...
The 'last man' selling floppy-disks says airlines continue to make orders for the ancient storage technology By Travis Clark ...
Even then, 8-inch floppies were passé. Those disks initially had 80 kilobytes of storage space, and were introduced in 1971 as an alternative to the punch cards used in large mainframe computers.
Here's why America's airlines and aviation groups support the 'big beautiful bill' to fund a modernized air traffic control ...
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.
With over $12 billion on the table to fix increasingly faulty Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems, all eyes are on the FAA.
The 15 songs from 'Dookie' are coming to limited, intentionally-inconvenient, low-quality formats for the album's 30th anniversary.
A portrait of Indianapolis humor icon David Letterman made of floppy disks will be displayed in downtown InterContinental hotel, opening this winter.
It has been two decades since their heyday, but one bulk supplier of the iconic 3.5-inch floppy disk used to store data in 1990s says business is still booming.
Why the floppy disk just won’t die A surprising number of industries, from embroidery to aviation, still use floppies.