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.

Pasokon Retro is our regular look back at the early years of Japanese PC gaming, encompassing everything from specialist '80s ...

In Japan, there have long been laws and regulations that specify using floppy disks for submitting application data in some ...

As said above, the Floppy Disk is an important piece of tech. It helps to unlock the powerful weapons in Black Ops 6 Zombies. To do it, the players need to follow the steps discussed below.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Buying a 3.5-inch floppy drive today Windows 11 computers don’t come with floppy drives, so if you want to use floppy disks on a modern PC, you’ll need to buy a floppy drive.

But gaming on the Apple II quickly caught on and became a huge market. Apple II used two disk image formats for 5.25-inch floppy disks: DOS 3.3 and ProDOS.

Floppy disks have been widely used as magnetic disks for personal computers since around 1980, and were used as recording media until optical disk drives such as CDs and DVDs became the standard ...

GERMANY (WKRC) - Although you probably haven't used (or even seen) a floppy disk in a while, some systems still rely on the outdated technology to this day. They can't just remove the readers ...

Japan made a law in 2022 to discontinue floppy and CD-ROM in the government systems, but it took almost 2 years to completely stop the usage. Farewell to Floppy disk Image Source : Pixabay ...

In 2009, Sony had a 70% share of the Japanese domestic floppy disk market, which amounted to about 12 million disks in total — with a combined capacity of just 17 terabytes.

The 3.5in disks, which Espen Kraft uses, are small and rigid, not actually floppy, but that means they are both more robust and easier to store.