If emulating classic DOS games seems like a pain, there's a DOSBox fork 'aiming for simplicity and ease of use', now standalone for the first time

O ur medium has a rich history that stretches far back into the days of DOS gaming, but the further back in time you go, the ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Emulate a Floppy Disk Drive

Most business software sold these days either comes on a disc or is available on the Internet as an ISO image that you can burn to a CD or DVD. Nevertheless, many older applications or drivers may ...

If you regret not living through the floppy disk era why not try this 3D printed Linux project that uses the cartridges to launch games

As the creator ItsDanik explains: "RFIDisk turns RFID tags into physical shortcuts that launch games, apps, or scripts when ...
Good News Network

Library is Rescuing Historical Treasures Trapped on Old Floppy Disks from the ‘Digital Dark Ages’

Iron oxide on the surface of the plastic may corrode material away, or it may lose its magnetism, preventing it from begin ...
Hackaday

8 inch floppy disk

Floppies may be big in Japan, but nostalgic and/or needful Stateside floppy enthusiasts needn’t fret — just use AOL keyword point that browser toward floppydisk.com. There, you can buy new floppies of ...
CNN

The U.S. is still using floppy disks to run its nuclear program

Want to launch a nuclear missile? You’ll need a floppy disk. That’s according to a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), which found that the Pentagon was still using ...

Here's How Floppy Disks Are Inspiring A New Music Scene

Floppy disks may seem anachronistic to most people, but in the underground electronic music scene, they've remained quite ...
New York Magazine

The Legend of Prince’s Special Custom-Font Symbol Floppy Disks

In 1993, Prince frustrated contract lawyers and computer users everywhere when he changed his name to glyph known as “The Love Symbol.” Though he never said so explicitly, it’s generally understood ...