Instead, it shipped with a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive designed by Sony. Before the Internet, ... you'll also need a USB-C to USB-A type adapter (around $10) to plug the drive in.

In an era of cloud storage, AI copilots, and real-time GPS updates on your phone, it sounds absurd that some commercial airplanes still rely on floppy disks—yes, those 3.5-inch plastic squares ...

The floppy disk itself is made of foam board, and everything is encased in a picture frame. ... There’s also a floppy drive running via a USB header adapter cable.

Want my recommendation? Here’s the floppy drive I use, which only costs $19 as of this writing.Most USB-compatible 3.5-inch floppy drives are similar, but a few things stand out about this one: ...

Since version 2.1 using a USB floppy disk drive via an USB hub is supported. Some MSX computers can't provide enough power for floppy disk drives to be used via direct connection to the USB port of ...

Manufacturers even produce USB-to-parallel adapters, and last year a Japanese firm rolled out a new PCI Express adapter that makes it possible to add the antiquated parallel port to modern PCs.

When Taylor Smith talks about the future of her floppy disk paintings, she points to the boxes stored at her northeast-side studio. Together, they hold more than 50,000 of the square-shaped ...

The California State Transportation Agency has awarded $130 million to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which will fund The City’s modernization of its floppy-disk-based train ...

The frigates were built in the mid 1990s, so its reasonable that they were fitted with floppy disk readers. Unfortunately three decades have passed and the German Brandenburg-Klasse F123 still ...

Sony introduced the ubiquitous 3.5-inch floppy disk in 1981 and was their last manufacturer until they ended sales in 2011, as floppy disks were replaced by more efficient storage technology.

Floppy Disk was first launched in 1971. However, commercial floppy disks were first used in 1972. Generally in the size of 8-inch, 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch floppy disks have been used for storing ...

In honour of the floppy disk, MailOnline reveals the retro tech that older generations still have trouble saying goodbye to - while baffling the kids of today.