If you have ever owned a computer, especially over previous decades, you know that the type of storage used has changed many ...

Floppy disks, if you’re older than 30 ... it was more akin to jamming a laserdisc or record into your computer for writing ...

When Sony stopped manufacturing new floppy disks in 2011, most assumed the outdated storage medium – of which there is only a finite, decreasing number left – would die off.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

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 ...

The Municipal Transportation Agency board approved a new contract with Hitachi Rail to upgrade its existing train control ...

The contract entails that Hitachi Rail will transition the ATCS from its current 5.25-inch floppy disk system to one that uses Wi-Fi and cell signals to track exact train locations. The deal is ...

Nothing screams retrocomputing quite like floppy drives. If you want to preserve ... the best way to get data off an old drive was to fire up an old computer. Now, with new devices specifically ...

The city’s light-rail system has used 5¼-inch floppy disks for nearly 40 years. Getting off them won't come cheap.

Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars ...

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.

The system uses three floppy disks for loading DOS software that controls ... “When a train enters the subway, its onboard computer connects to the train control system to run the train in ...