does a failure of floppy drive, cause all LED indicators related to floppy track control (LED read out of track number) and buttons to seeking to new tracks -- to go dark. That is only section/part of ...

I HAVE to ask... WHY would you want to pay double (or maybe even triple) price for NOTHING extra except maybe a floppy cable? The reason you don't really see any "retail" floppy drives is because ...

Dell Computer said Wednesday it will stop putting the drives in its desktop computers next month and offer them only as an option. Newer storage devices can hold far more data, at a competitive price, ...

By Nick Mediati, PC World We all know that floppy drives are pretty much dead technology at this point, but that didn’t stop design duo Chambers Judd from devising this clever concept. Floppy Legs is ...

Not too long ago, part of using a computer was often finding the correct disk for the application you wanted to run and inserting it into your machine before you could start. With modern storage, this ...

In a nutshell: Ken Shirriff is an IC reverse engineering enthusiast who enjoys restoring vintage computers and devices. While repairing an 8-inch HP floppy drive, the computer historian discovered an ...

Floppy disks, if you’re older than 30, you likely remember these from school. In the days before CD-Rs, thumb drives, and Dropbox, it was the only viable way to store data portable. Where did they get ...