[GloriousCow] has started working on a series of investigations into the various historical floppy disk copy protection schemes used in the early days of the IBM PC and is here with the first of ...

We remember the floppy disk as the storage medium most of us used two decades or more ago, limited in capacity and susceptible to data loss. It found its way into a few unexpected uses such as ...

PCs used two types of floppy disks. The first was the 5.25" floppy (diskette), which became ubiquitous in the 1980s. It was superseded by the 3.5" floppy in the mid-1990s. Very bendable in its ...

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 ...

Requiring a code that you’ll either have to steal from someone leaving or find through internet sleuthing, once you gain entrance to this bar you’ll find nary a floppy disk. Instead ...

Checking these boxes is a tall order, but the one style I’ve been into lately is the one and only messenger bag. Your gut reaction might tell you these are outdated, but let me assure you ...

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 ...

Invented by Alan Shugart at IBM in 1967, the original floppy disk design measured 8 inches (200mm) in diameter, stored 80KB of data and became available for purchase in 1971 as a part of IBM's ...

The large Cuyana could be challenging to stuff into a backpack, messenger bag, or tote. The smaller clutch is a more manageable size and can easily fit into another bag. Both Cuyana bags lack ...

ACxDC has announced that they are going to release an EP on floppy disks. The release will be called The Oracle of Death EP and will be out via frontman Sergio Amalfitano's own label, Fuck Life ...

I'm totally on board with all of it, especially since I discovered the Ecosusi satchel bags that have been taking over TikTok—particularly this Jane messenger style (from $65, $50). BookTok ...