First, you need to understand one fact. When you use Windows Explorer, File Manager, or Finder — it's just the tip of the iceberg. Most people don't ...

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.

Before playlists, even before cassettes, there were 8-track tapes—and despite their quirks, they had undeniable charm in their chunky plastic form. Unlike cassettes, you couldn't flip them over; ...

Serveal notable industries and organizations still use floppy disks, including the U.S. FAA and San Francisco's Muni Metro light railway.

FAA to retire floppy disks and Windows 95 amid air traffic control overhaul JournalBot Jun 9, 2025 Jump to latest Follow Reply Jun 9, 2025 Replies: 195 ...

A floppy disk might seem like a thing of the past, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) still uses them to manage flight. Here's why.

Disk Utilities: helpful to convert a .scp or an old .dfi flux archive of a protected floppy disk into an .ipf image easier to write with a Greaseweazle or to use with an emulator.

Amstrad uses Matsushita's 3" floppy disk drive [ref: CPCWiki], which was comptible with Hitachi's existing 3" floppy disk format. The chosen drive (built-in for later models) is a single-sided ...

The Muni Metro in San Francisco was recently approved for an update that would transition it from a control system using floppy disks to a more modern system.

This paper describes the development of a 3.5 inch floppy disk system. (Unformatted capacity : 437.5 K bytes/surface, Linear recording density :7610 bpi, Track density : 135 tpi) This system employs ...

San Francisco Will Pay $212 Million for Its Train System to Ditch Floppy Disks The city’s light-rail system has used 5¼-inch floppy disks for nearly 40 years. Getting off them won't come cheap.

[GloriousCow] has started working on a series of investigations into the various historical floppy disk copy protection schemes used in the early days of the IBM PC and is here with the first of ...