With the last manufacturer of 3.5″ floppy disks (FDs) having shut down in 2010, those who are still using this type of storage medium ... what are the chances of a box of used FDs — whether ...

The simplicity and reliability in certain controlled environments make floppy disks surprisingly resilient. Even as storage capacities and transfer speeds of modern devices have soared, the humble ...

When Sony stopped manufacturing new floppy disks in 2011, most assumed the outdated storage medium – of which there is only a finite, decreasing number left – would die off.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

We remember the floppy disk as the storage medium most of us used two decades or more ago, limited in capacity and susceptible to data loss. It found its way into a few unexpected uses such as ...

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 ...

When Zip disks came out in 1995 with 100MB cartridges, their huge storage compared to floppy disks made them ... See Bernoulli box. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction ...

Floppy Disks: Storage relics of a bygone era Floppy disks ... the handful of floppy disks I know are lurking somewhere in a box in the loft - but I imagine it would only lead to disappointment ...