floppy disks
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Boeing 747s Still Use Floppy Disks to Get Critical Software Updates
It’s been approximately 12 million years since most of us last used a floppy disk, but apparently, the antiquated tech still plays a critical role in delivering software updates to Boeing’s 747-400 planes.
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How Floppy Disks Work
Video: No matter what the size — eight-inch, 5 1/4-inch, 3 1/2-inch — floppy disks are the most iconic symbols of old-school computing. But how do they actually work? The 8-Bit Guy spends 15 minutes breaking down what makes floppy disks so cool, despite being obsolete.
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This 3D Printer Is Made Out Of A Floppy Disk Drive And Other E-Waste
When was the last time you used your computer’s disc drive? What about your DVD player? E-waste is all around us, but as the brilliant Instructables user behind this $US60 3D printer proves, there’s plenty to be done with it — if you’ve got some engineering chops.
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Too Bad You Can’t Copy Radiohead’s Floppy
When it dropped, OK Computer sounded exactly like our computerised future. Never mind that Kid A better captured the clicks and whirs of life inside a server room, Radiohead’s third album was an instant classic that dropped just as we fully entered the digital age.