In this episode of [Adrian’s Digital Basement], we dive into the world of retro computing with a focus on diagnosing and repairing an old full-height 5.25-inch floppy drive from an IBM 5150 system.

San Francisco transit officials have approved a $212 million overhaul of its aging train control system — which for decades ...

Invented by Alan Shugart at IBM in 1967, the original floppy disk design measured ... CDs had been adopted more widely. Before USB flash drives proved to be the most popular rewritable storage ...

Indeed, most of us rarely give a second thought to these humble, hardworking components, but there are certainly instances when you’ll want to replace them. Perhaps you just want a better ...

Graham Tinkers has created a Raspberry Pi-powered system that automatically backs up stacks of floppy disks and takes a picture of the label as it goes.

External USB/Thunderbolt drives (aka direct-attached storage ... If you keep running it, back it up immediately and replace it. SSDs generally go belly up due to the increasingly rare controller ...

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The national average window replacement cost ranges from $734 to $1,806 per window, depending on the window’s frame, size and style. Casement windows are one of the most popular styles and range ...

San Francisco transit officials have approved a $212 million overhaul of its aging train control system — which for decades has run on data stored by floppy disks. The Municipal Transportation ...