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 ...

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 ...

but in 2020 it’s simply a USB floppy drive, a Raspberry Pi, and a battery pack. He’s given us the full instructions, and no doubt a more permanent version could be built with a 3D-printed case.

A method for converting a single-sided 5.25" floppy disk into a double-sided disk. By punching a second notch in the jacket, the disk could be flipped over and inserted upside down. This was a ...

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 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 computer’s internal storage.

As computer networking and new storage formats like USB flash drives and memory cards emerged, the floppy disk's reign waned in the mid-to-late 1990s. The end of the floppy disk era came with the ...

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 ...

The setup is a classic Apple IIe, with dual 5.25-inch floppy drives and an Apple monitor. The keyboard and drives may not ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) approved a 5.25% base rate increase on Thursday, which will translate to a higher bill for Tennesseans starting in October.

BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will lower interest rates by 25 basis points at each of the U.S. central bank's three remaining policy meetings in 2024, according to a majority of ...