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Robert Smith created an alternate version of the iconic Whac-A-Mole arcade game for the generation that both remembers arcades and knows why the save icon looks the way it does, as spotted by Hackaday ...
Back in the early years of the personal computer, “FloppyData” may not have been recognizable by itself. But looking back on ...
The evolution of the Musical flOPPY controller. Everything* you need to make your own musical floppy drives! The wiki has additional information, instructions for getting started, and some other ...
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.
At the time, he shared that he had half a million floppy disks in 3.5-inch, 5.25-inch, and 8-inch sizes in stock. However, he was also receiving up to 1,000 pre-owned and new disks a day from ...
If you're transferring data physically via floppy disk, there's nothing to hack remotely. So while it's inefficient, cumbersome, and slow, at least it's safe.
TOKYO (TR) – In the ’80s and ’90s, floppy disks were the norm for storing data. However, they quickly disappeared from homes and offices with the emergence of larger capacity and faster recording ...
San Francisco's train control system still runs on DOS loaded from 5.25-inch floppy disks, with upgrades not expected until 2030 due to budget constraints.
The FAA will no longer use Windows 95 for air traffic control. Floppy disks, another tech relic, will also be canned—something that should have happened a long time ago, one would think.