Invented back in 1971, the floppy disk is remembered as one of the most iconic and reliable disk storage solutions.

Aerospace engineer and DIY hobbyist Arpan Mondal came up with a large, retro-style floppy disk picture frame that doubles as an Arduino-powered save button for your computer. Not only does it ...

Floppies may be big in Japan, but nostalgic and/or needful Stateside floppy enthusiasts ... recycle your disks, or send them in to get all that precious vintage stuff transferred off of them.

Although mechanically sound, the drive had trouble reading disks, and Adrian quickly ... insights into the Tandon TM100-1 floppy drive, a key player in vintage computing. Adrian explains how ...

PCs used two types of floppy disks. The first was the 5.25" floppy (diskette), which became ubiquitous in the 1980s. It was superseded by the 3.5" floppy in the mid-1990s. Very bendable in its ...

In 2022, Japan's digital minister "declared war" on floppy disks and other retro tech like CDs and mini-discs, after a committee discovered nearly 2,000 areas in which businesses were still ...

Retro fans might also appreciate that behind the upper faux 5.25-inch floppy door you can fit an optical disk drive, or any other 5.25-inch device. Should you not need such a device, Silverstone's ...

There are things in this world that you simply wouldn’t expect, like an aircraft carrier with Windows XP, a nuclear weapon control system on floppy discs, or a Commodore 64 as a cash register ...

A method for converting a single-sided 5.25" floppy disk into a double-sided disk. By punching a second notch in the jacket, the disk could be flipped over and inserted upside down. This was a ...