Two Stop Bits | Stories tagged "floppy"

There is no such thing as a 3.5 inch floppy disk (2025) (floppy diskette clarification backstory standard) (osnews.com)
4 points by splorp 9 days ago | 5 comments
3M Diskette Reference Manual (1983) (diskette floppy magneticstorage 3m media specs manual) (retrocmp.de | ia)
3 points by bmonkey325 13 days ago | 1 comment
FDD - Diskettes (historical diskette floppy drive media evolution storage) (retrocmp.de | ia)
5 points by bmonkey325 20 days ago | discuss
A digital dark age? Rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks (2025) (floppy diskettes data datarecovery cambridge) (bbc.com | ia)
6 points by splorp 36 days ago | discuss
Microcomputers – The First Wave: Responding to Altair (2025) (intel 8080 s100 standard floppy disk controller) (technicshistory.com | ia)
6 points by bmonkey325 224 days ago | 2 comments
This is one of the only places to buy floppy disks (2022) (floppy disk source legacy media) (tpr.org)
7 points by bmonkey325 273 days ago | 2 comments
The Floppotron 3.0 (floppotron floppy disk music crazy) (silent.org.pl)
3 points by bmonkey325 279 days ago | discuss
The first ransomware dropped 35 years ago on floppies sharing 'AIDS Information' (historical floppy virus cybersecurity ransomware) (tomshardware.com | ia)
3 points by bmonkey325 299 days ago | discuss
Atari Floppy Disk Copy Protection - pdf (atari floppy disk drm) (info-coach.fr | ia)
5 points by bmonkey325 315 days ago | discuss
PC Floppy Copy Protection: XEMAG Xelok (historical pc floppy drm copy protection emulation) (martypc.blogspot.com | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 406 days ago | discuss
A Guide to Imaging Obscure Floppy Disk Formats (archive floppy disk guide howto imaging) (zenodo.org | ia)
9 points by splorp 416 days ago | discuss
The Annotated Hacker Test (floppy unix ibm dec programming phreaking hackers culture) (datagubbe.se | ia)
3 points by boofar 421 days ago | 1 comment
PC Floppy Copy Protection: Electronic Arts Interlock (historical pc floppy drm copy protection emulation) (martypc.blogspot.com | ia)
7 points by bmonkey325 425 days ago | 1 comment
Remember Backing Up to Diskettes? I’m Sorry. I Do, Too. (2014) (diskettes backup floppy nostalgia msdos) (druva.com | ia)
3 points by bmonkey325 437 days ago | discuss
PC Floppy Copy Protection: Softguard Superlok (floppy disk drm copy protection sierra) (martypc.blogspot.com | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 437 days ago | discuss
PC Floppy Copy Protection: Formaster Copy-Lock (1980s floppy copy protection drm) (martypc.blogspot.com | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 445 days ago | discuss
Emulating the early Macintosh floppy drive (emulation mac apple floppy) (thomasw.dev | ia)
9 points by bmonkey325 448 days ago | discuss
Altair 8800 - Disk Boot from Paper Tape without Disk Boot Loader PROM (video) (historical altair boot floppy documentation papertape teletype) (youtu.be)
1 point by bmonkey325 464 days ago | discuss
Let's do the Twist Again (floppy disk cable ibm pc) (retrocmp.de | ia)
2 points by nickt 470 days ago | discuss
The Unexpected Trip Down Memory Lane (archive amiga c gamedev floppy source github) (owsianski.com)
3 points by stx 471 days ago | discuss
Adding a soundtrack to Amiga disk copy tool XCopyPro (amiga commodore filesharing floppy decompilation) (infosec.exchange)
3 points by n3ffo 499 days ago | discuss
How A DOS Format Blunder Revealed Some Priceless Source Code (floppy msdos game duplication source sierraonline oops) (hackaday.com | ia)
8 points by splorp 540 days ago | discuss
The people who won't give up floppy disks (floppy) (bbc.com | ia)
6 points by DaOne256 555 days ago | 2 comments
Modifying a PC floppy drive to work inside an Amiga 500 (amiga hacking mod floppy) (linuxjedi.co.uk | ia)
4 points by bmonkey325 561 days ago | discuss
Excelerator Plus/OC-118/FSD-2: The best third party Commodore disk drive? (floppy c64 commodore device) (homeip.net)
4 points by dfarquhar 570 days ago | discuss
Greaseweazle (hardware preservation usb floppy amiga pc software flux) (retrocmp.de | ia)
2 points by bmonkey325 588 days ago | discuss
1.44MB Webring (floppy webring web community) (44mb.club | ia)
5 points by splorp 590 days ago | 2 comments
The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk (floppy 3m) (ieee.org | ia)
4 points by jgrahamc 593 days ago | discuss
Flop rock: inside the underground floppy disk music scene (floppy disk music underground) (theverge.com | ia)
2 points by bmonkey325 626 days ago | discuss
Archival Floppy Disk Preservation and Use [video[ (preservation floppy) (youtube.com | ia)
3 points by jgrahamc 630 days ago | discuss
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