Throughout the 1960s, computers went through a series of major advances in technology, design, speed, price, storage, and ...

especially floppy disks, are slow compared to computer memory. A disk cache is a piece of memory into which the operating system puts frequently loaded items to speed up access and avoid its ...

I don't remember when I first started using a floppy disk in the mid-70s. It was either installing firmware on IBM S/370 ...

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 ...

A recent Linux kernel is rarely if ever compiled for something as small as a floppy disk, so getting one to ... booting from floppy on an ancient computer. Never complain that your Raspberry ...

It’s been 35 years since the launch of the most important operating system you’ve never heard of -- and it was made by Steve ...

Floppy disks have been widely used as magnetic disks ... a blog about the history of computer technology, advertising a product called 'Formaster Series One,' a type of diskette duplicator.

If you can gain access to this seeming "computer store," you’ll find a ... once you gain entrance to this bar you’ll find nary a floppy disk. Instead, the Red-Headed Stepchild awaits, the ...

Floppy disks were developed in the late 1960s but ... country's cyber-security minister admitted in 2018 that he had never used a computer, saying he had always delegated IT tasks to his staff.

Data is arranged on the surface of the magnetic disk in 'concentric' tracks, much like the ring-like grooves on a vinyl record. When inserted into a computer's floppy disk drive, a metal slide ...

“My brother and I were once content to battle for the only computer at home, back when games were still on floppy disks,” recalls the 51-year-old. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest ...