Invented back in 1971, the floppy disk is remembered as one of the most iconic and reliable disk storage solutions. Specifically, it was the 3.5-inch floppy that became a literal icon, one we still ...

Like a lot of people who’ve worked in tech for a long time, I’ve accumulated a lot of products over the years. I’m not very good at throwing things away - because you never know when you’ll need them!

When Mark Necaise got down to his last four floppy disks at a rodeo in Mississippi in February, he started to worry. Necaise travels to horse shows around the state, offering custom embroidery on ...

There are some tings that should be possible, so just have to be tried. [Action Retro] has a great video showing just such an escapade, the creation of a large RAID 0 array using a pile of USB floppy ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. When I was a kid growing up in rural Yorkshire, one of the regular attractions at local fairs was a huge steam ...

Once upon a time, you could buy floppy drive cleaning disks at just about any stationary or computer store. These days, they’re harder to find. If you want to build one yourself, though, you might do ...

Do external usb floppies come in normal thicknesses? I have a slim external floppy, but I'm looking for a standard height one to put in a computer. This means taking the drive out of it's external ...

In this increasingly digital era, physical media has become a thing of the past in most circles. There is, however, sustained interest in such supposedly antiquated tech. Some examples of this include ...