It's a race against time (and magnetic decay) to preserve decades of cultural history stored on obsolete hardware.

The Harold B. Lee Library is phasing out zip and floppy disk drives on most of its open-access computers, and library staff members are suggesting that patrons use other forms of media to save their ...

Floppy disks were once widely distributed as a recording medium for PCs, but with the advent of new recording media, floppy disks have long been regarded as outdated relics, but some companies and ...

If you have some old floppy disks lying around, then you may want to check out this fun DIY USB drive which was made using an old 3.5 inch floppy. This fun USB drive was made by Charles Mangin from , ...

The New York Public Library’s digital curator of performing arts Doug Reside has posted a useful guide to recovering old data from floppy discs. The New York Public Library’s digital curator of ...

I don't remember when I first started using a floppy disk in the mid-70s. It was either installing firmware on IBM S/370 mainframes or on a dedicated library workstation to create Library of Congress ...

I mean, hey, if it works. . . . I did find this quote curious: "The system is currently working just fine, but we know that with each increasing year, risk of data degradation on the floppy disks ...