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.

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 ...

Floppy disks, if you’re older than 30, you likely remember these from school. In the days before CD-Rs, thumb drives, and ...

The interface for a floppy drive might have required some complexity back in the days of 8-bit microcomputers, but even for today’s less accomplished microcontrollers it’s a surprisingly ...

It's also worth noting that the SFMTA control system uses bulkier 5.25-inch floppy drives, not standard 3.5-inch floppies or larger 8-inch floppies. Speaking to Ars Technica in April, SFMTA ...

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

That's fine, even though there can be times -- like when upgrading or restoring a system BIOS -- when only a floppy drive (and not a USB drive) will fill the bill. And how about a media card reader?

External USB/Thunderbolt drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to quickly back up your important files, as well as store any data that you don’t need on your ...

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board has agreed to spend $212 million to get its Muni Metro light rail off floppy disks ... where the trains drive themselves while ...

Use your 2.5" / 3.5" SATA I / II / III as an additional external hard drive.This USB3.0 to SATA adapter supports up to 18TB hard drive. High speed USB 3.0 specification and backward compatible ...