Floppy disks, if you’re older than 30 ... it was more akin to jamming a laserdisc or record into your computer for writing data. Mechanically, they operate similarly to audio tapes.

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 ...

[gilmour509] posted a thorough gallery of a new custom-built computer and case made to look ... the most clever part involves a 3 1/2″ floppy disk that hides an SD card and works like a regular ...

Floppy Disks: Storage relics of a bygone era Floppy ... older equipment continues to play a vital role. Machines like CNC (computer numerical control) tools, laboratory instruments, and legacy ...

When Sony stopped manufacturing new floppy disks in 2011, most assumed the outdated storage medium – of which there is only a finite, decreasing number left – would die off.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

Still, Linus’ quiet announcement comes as a minor jolt to anyone of A Certain Age for whom the floppy disk and the computer were once inseparable. When your digital life resided not in your ...

The attack, masterminded by American biologist Dr. Joseph Lewis Andrew Popp Jr., arrived via a seemingly innocuous 5.25-inch floppy disk labeled ... awareness of computer viruses was minimal ...

Nothing to do with "strings of text" or "string theory," a Stringy Floppy was a magnetic tape drive for the Radio Shack TRS-80 personal computer ... before the floppy disk made them obsolete.

Take the old CPU from your computer, remove any pins from its ... Although you may not be using your old floppy disks to store important data anymore, you can still get some use out of them ...