Does anyone know how I can get data off vintage 8" floppy disks. I have the disks and an external drive. I tried it on a 386 with no success. I suspect I will need to run it on an old 8088, but am not ...

In an ode to obsolete technology, Anand Jain uses floppy disk drives to create a variation on the popular theme from the 1984 movie Ghostbusters. This video is one of a four-part series featuring ...

While even children are on the fast track of the digital revolution, there’s one extremely important corner of the U.S. that’s stuck somewhere in the 1970s — the U.S. Department of Defense. A new ...

We have featured a number of different themes being played by floppy drives here on Geeky Gadgets over the years, such as the Star Wars Imperial March also played by a selection of floppy disk drives.

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a startling report on the state of the government's information technology infrastructure on Wednesday. According to the report, the ...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Ah, the good ol’ YouTube cover, where no song is too sacred to screw with. There are screaming goat remixes of Bon Jovi and Alicia Keys, a shooting range rendition of the Cups ...

Bottom line: We may live in an era of incredibly powerful GPUs, virtual reality, and lifelike graphics, but the retro gaming market is as popular as ever. There are numerous current and upcoming "mini ...

It’s been approximately 12 million years since most of us last used a floppy disk, but apparently, the antiquated tech still plays a critical role in delivering software updates to Boeing’s 747-400 ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Its happening: 3.5-inch floppy disk drives are ...

Hush little baby, don't say a word. And never mind that noise you heard. Unless, of course, it's an array of screaming floppy disk drives cranking out the Metallica classic Enter Sandman. Everyone is ...