In this episode of [Adrian’s Digital Basement], we dive into the world of retro computing with a focus on diagnosing and repairing an old full-height 5.25-inch floppy drive from an IBM 5150 system.

When you think about retro music formats, floppy disks may not immediately be top of mind. They're not as culturally iconic as cassette and CD players or as elegant as old-school vinyl. But for a ...

"We have to maintain programmers who are experts in the programming languages of the '90s in order to keep running our current system, so we have a technical debt that stretches back many decades," ...

Floppy disks may seem like a relic from an ancient time of computers but there are still places and even governments in the world that still use them to run its most basic functions. Japan is no ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's train system is not only relying on humans to run it, but turns out that a floppy disk plays a key role. ABC7 news reporter Luz ...

San Francisco’s Automatic Train Control System (ATCS) still runs on data that is stored on floppy disks. A $212 million overhaul will move the tech five generations ahead, according to officials. If ...

San Francisco transit officials have approved a $212 million overhaul of its aging train control system — which for decades has run on data stored by floppy disks. The Municipal Transportation Agency ...

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 ...

The mantra “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” only works for so long. Eventually, even if a system is still working fine, you’re going to want to upgrade it. That’s the lesson from the San Francisco ...

America can feel safer knowing its nuclear weapons are controlled, in part, by floppy disks. You heard that right. The Government Accountability Office revealed Wednesday the federal government spent ...