Goodbye, floppies - San Francisco pays Hitachi $212 million to remove 5.25-inch disks from its light rail service
Part of a $700 million systems overhaul
Floppy disk articles
A car wash for floppy disks: This crazy machine entertains you while it cleans
Slide in a floppy and watch it come out brand spanking new
End of an era: Japan finally removes floppy disks from all government operations
Almost 15 years after the last new floppy was made
From nostalgia to necessity: why floppy disks refuse to fade away
Still spinning in the age of cloud storage
RETRO-TASTIC It's been close to fifteen years since the last new floppy disk was manufactured by Sony. That's a long time by any standard, and it's especially lengthy in the ever-advancing tech world. But despite the finite number of disks decreasing every year, there are those who still hold on to floppies, whether for nostalgia-fuelled pleasure or necessity.
Unusual silicon-on-sapphire chip unearthed in ancient HP floppy disk drive
A "technology of the future" that ultimately lost to silicon
What was the size of the first-generation floppy disk?
Were they always 3.5-inch? Also, do you remember the Zip drive?
Once-Iconic Tech Products That Are Now a Fading Memory
#TBT Did you know that a floppy disk is more than just a save icon? Can you understand how a pencil and a cassette tape are related? Does the term 'VHS tracking' fill you with dread? What seemed like magic tech at the time, is now a distant memory that those under 20 can't believe was actually real.
From Chuck E. Cheese to Boeing 747s, the floppy disk lives on
But for how much longer?
The last man selling floppy disks says he still receives orders from airlines
Your next flight may still be aided by a floppy disk
Over a decade after their demise, Japan's government declares "war" on floppy disks
Fax machines and CDs are also used extensively
5 Ways to Connect Your Old Storage Devices to a New PC
If you're upgrading to a new computer, laptop or desktop, a modern PC may not support your old storage devices. This guide will give you options to connect your old storage drives to a new computer.
Someone crammed a full-length movie onto a 1.44MB floppy disk
A decidedly low-tech solution
Boeing 747s still use 3.5-inch floppy disks for critical software updates
They are 32 years old, after all
Yes, you can use a floppy drive to play games on a smartphone
Impractical, but impressive
