If you need to, it's entirely possible to read and write to floppy disks with a modern PC or laptop. Here's everything you ...

When Sony stopped manufacturing new floppy disks in 2011, most assumed the outdated storage medium – of which there is only a finite, decreasing number left – would die off. Although from a ...

A hallmark of computer storage in the 1970s. Here are five interesting facts about 8-inch floppies: The 8-inch floppy disk, originally called a "memory disk", was developed by IBM to serve as a ...

The 8-inch would remain the norm for a few years, with storage capacity growing substantially to around 1.2 megabytes. However, the microcomputer boom was right around the corner. Floppy disks ...

For many of us the passing of the floppy disk is unlamented, but there remains a corps of experimenters for whom the classic removable storage format still holds some fascination. The interface ...

Floppies were once the standard method of information exchange, but decades of storage can ... Starting with a disk caddy on linear rails, [Smith] has a track for the floppy to follow.

When Zip disks came out in 1995 with 100MB cartridges, their huge storage compared to floppy disks made them very popular. However, like all removable media of that era, the Zip was eclipsed by ...

The attack, masterminded by American biologist Dr. Joseph Lewis Andrew Popp Jr., arrived via a seemingly innocuous 5.25-inch floppy disk labeled "AIDS Information – Introductory Diskette 2.0 ...

(2) A device that spins, reads and writes a removable storage medium such as a CD, DVD or floppy disk. In the past, hard disks were also available as removable media (see removable disk).